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Thursday, June 23, 1 938
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The local American Legion post could do a great number of boys a big
favor as well as secure loads of free publicity for the city by sponsoring
8 sandlot baseball club this year.
It is not too late to organize a team. The sandlotters in At
lanta and other cities are just now beginning play. The State
tournament will not be held until the latter part of July.
There are plenty of boys within the age limit in this district that would
compile a hustling baseball club. There are some six or seven out at Cov
ington Mills that could put in bids for a birth on an All-State sandlot
team. Porterdale, Livingston and several other near-by towns would sup
pi*, material that could not be overlooked.
The American Legion has made great strides with their sand
lot program. It has helped in many ways to teach sportsmanship
to growing boy — the future manhood of our country.
For eight years I followed sandlot baseball clubs of Gainesville. Ga„
sround I went to Macon. Albany, Rome and Atlanta with them. Twice
the Gainesville team went to the finals but never won the state*crown. It;
1931 I think, when they reached the finals down at Macon. Their 1
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opponents were the DeKalb Barons, of Decatur J;m Bagby, now with
Cleveland, in the American league, was pitching for the Barons. The
Gainesville kids were leading 8-2 going into the eighth inning. They blew
that lead and lost the state crown, 10-8. The kids cried about it — that's
all! Just cried.
In losing the championship of the state, so far as baseball is concerned,
these kids learned to take it. They learned the hard way. But in so doing
they also learned to take the tougher things of life as they present them
aelves. Never to be too sure of anything.
Yes sir, it is a great program, this American Legion sandlot baseball
tournament.
COVINGTON SHOULD GET .TOURNEY
If the local Legion post would sponsor a sandlot club this year the city
| pf Covington would stand a good chance of landing the state tournament
next year. j
The slate tourney is a big thidg. It draws around 200 boys,
managers and Legion officials each year. The city is paid for its
trouble a hundred fold through the pages of the country's leading
newspapers. Hotels and eating places do big business when the
sandlotters are in town.
The three playing fields, city park, Trojan park and Porterdale park,
I ire all that is needed to take care of the eight or ten games that would be
I played in the course of the tournament. j
It certainly wouldn't hurt our fair city any to get the state meet. j !
THE ALL-STAR GAME
The All-Star softball game between the City of Covington players and
the players of Covington Mills, scheduled for Trojan Park Sunday after
■ should be quite attratcipn
noon, an
The Advance More Club of Covington Mills is sponsoring the All-Star
game .There will be a small admission charge, the money going for equip
ment for the club room. .It ; is a good idea, this All-Star contest.
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Covington Mill
Callaway Win
League Games
Softball Batting Averages
For Firstt Half To
Be Given.
General opinion is that the last
half of the local softball league race
will be a much closer battle than
was had in the first part. Callaway
and Covington Mills both had hard
fights on their hands Monday and
Tuesday. Covington Mill defeated
Cohen Monday 2-1 in one of
best games ever seen here. Calla
way nosed out Castleberry-Rainey
Tuesday, 5-4.
The game between Covington Mill
and Cohen was very much a pitch
ers’ duel. Ralph Watkins was on
the mound for the winners and
yielded only four hits. Lefty Mann
hurled for Cohen and was touched
for seven safeties.
CIaud Yarbrough hit best for the
winners with a triple and single
f or t wo trips to the plate. Tommy
g m jth got two for three for Cov
| r gton Mills, too. Medlock, Savage
and Mann got one hit apiece out
of two trips to the platter.
Billy Faulkner got the better of
the pitching honors when he op
posed Johnson Tuesday. Faulkner
gave up only five hits in chalking
up Callaway's first win in the sec
ond half. Castleberry’Rainey aided
Johnson’s downfall by making five
errors. It was a close game though
with Callaway winning, 5-4.
Satterfield hit best for Callaway
with two for three. Hamby was next
best with two for four. L. Bray led
the hitting for the losers with two
for three.
Next week the batting averages i
for the first half will be published
on this page.
Box Score of Game June 21
C berry-Rainey AB R H PO A K
Roach, ss — _____2 10 12 J—*
L. Bray, 3b — _____3 2 2 0 2 1
Weigle, lb — _____ 3 0 0 6 0 oooooooooWejiooooootco*—•
Lovern, rf ____ ____*3 *2 0120
Jackson, 2b _ ____ 0 16 0
T c berry _____ 2 0 0 0 1
Rogers ______ 3 0 0 4 0
Rainwater, if 10000
Montgomery, cf, If 3 0 0 1 0
Johnson, p 2 11111
Carlton, cf------ 2 0 0 0 0
Totals ________ 26 4 5 21 6
Callaway AB R H PO A
B. Johnson, ss __ 112 1
W. Day, 3b_____- 0 0 0 1
Faulkner, p ______ 1116
Holcomb, c------ 0 0 4 0
Hamby, if ______ 12 2 0
Baugh, rf -------- 112 0
Butler, cf -------- 0 12 0
Satterfield, lb 0 2 5 0
Haynes, 2b -------- 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 21 8 o
Plans are now under way for a
festival to be held in Dodge county j
this fall as an outgrowth of the i
county's first vegetable show which j
was held recently. Approximately
400 people attended the vegetable
show and 15 of the 16 home demon-'
stration clubs in the county were
represented. The meeting was under
the direction of Mrs. Kathleen J.
Carswell, home demonstration agent
of Dodge county, and was sponsored
by the County Home Demonstration
Council. A seed show will be a feature
of the harvest festival.
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These strange playmates are in
mates at New r York aquarium. It
seems that Nebuchadnezzar, the
feline half of the team, bestows
her affections on the water snakes
and baby alligators at the aquar
ium rather than raiding the fish
in traditional cat fashion. The
reason is that “Neb”, imported tc
eliminate the rats, was cured ol
fishing by being sicked on an elec
tric eel which so shocked Tabby
she hasn't been the same since
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Constitution Staff Photo—Slayton
Miss Peggy Upshaw (left), of Social Circle, and Mrs. Everett Pratt
(center) and Miss Joyce Pratt (right), of Covington, prepare to dive
into Rainbow lake, a popular resort near Covington.
Callaway Softball Team Celebrates
First Half Championship With Supper
By TOM KINNEY. Sports Editor
Tommy Callaway and his softball team put on a little celebration
Monday night at Rainbow Lake. They were celebrating over having
won the first half of the local softball league race.
The splendid supper was given by Mr. T. G. Callaway, father of
Tommy and sponsor of the team. There were some 20 guests and some
20 belts let out some 20 notches. The directors and officials of the
league were prr i nt and a speech or two was made
Milstead Wins
From
Second Team Loses
To Ola Saturday
Afternoon,
Milstead defeated Glover
Saturday afternoon, 18-5 in a
test at Milstead. Pratt hit best
Milstead with four for six. Two
his hits were for home runs.
got two for three and C. Mitcham
collected three for four.
Wallace and Manning tied for
hitting honors for Glover with three
for. four each.
Ola defeated the Milstead second
team, 8-4 Saturday afternoon
The beef cattle situation this year
ha-s been characterized by relatively
>» w prices of the better grades of
slaughter cattle, and a fairly strong
demand for stocker and feeder cat
tie, the Bureau of Agricultural Ec
onomics reports. Present indications
are that marketings of weel-finish
e< L grain-fed cattle during the next
3 or 4 months will continue to in
crease seasonally, and will be con
siderably larger in the summer and
fall months than in corresponding
months of 1937. Although prices of
such cattle frequently tend to ad
vance in early summer, no marked
advance is expected in that period
this year, chiefly because of weak
ness in the demand for meats. But
in later summer or early fall, some
seasonal advance in prices of the
better grades may occur.
Complete returns show that
commercial Irish potato growers
in 13 early and intermediate po
tato-producing states voted ap
proximately three to one lor a
continuing marketing
program, which includes an en
forcing order.
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♦ Judging from the feed Tommy is
expecting to win the last half ol
the loop scramble also. That is it
he hasn't taken it too far. Some of
'em guys might never play as good
coftball as they did before taking
uch a supper.
We declined an invitation be
cause of a club meeting and since
have been sorry, indeed. Preacher
Day. Sam Holcomb and several
others of the Callaway placers have
made me a very sad young man
since Monday night. They seem to
glory in telling me the different
courses they enjoyed.
I After the game Tuesday with
j Castleberry-Rainey it is easy to see
that the Callaway boys will not
have any easy goings in this last
half race. It will be tough all the
wa F an ^ ^ might be better for soft
ball in these parts if Callaway
doesn't win the last half title. A
good close scramble and a play-off
for the championship will bt just
the ticket. And with Castleberry
Rainey, Cohen, Covington Mills.
King-Hicks, and a strengthened
City Pharmacy team, all in there
battling there is no telling just
where the chips will fall.
. You can bet your boots that it
will be a better race than was had
in the first half. Too, you can bet
^ur bootees that we acce P l the
uext invitation to eat with a soft
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especially so in hot weather, See
that the chickens have plenty of
1 clean, cool water at all times,
Water should be changed several
times a day, and be sure that it
is always kept in the shade.
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Georgia was represented at the
conference held at Chicago the last
week in May on the National Poul
try Improvement Plan, The 42
states now cooperating in the plan
all had representatives present,
j Few changes were made in the
provisions for next year.
Trojan Team
Without Game
For Week-End
Club Needs Support Of Fans
If They Continue To
Play Baseball.
By PUG McLEROY
The Covington Mill baseball team,
the Trojans, seem to be at the
crossed roads. With every scheduled
game they are losing money, Peopl->
just don't go in for baseball as much
now that softball has come along.
Coach Statham states that he just
doesn't see how the Trojans can
continue along the path they are
now traveling
It is hoped that the baseball fans
will back up this fine baseball club
better than they have thus far this
season. The club is playing good
ball. They defeated Aldora Mills of
Barnesville the other Sunday, 1-0.
Forsyth was beaten last Wednesday
9-3,
At this writing the club hasn’t a
game scheduled for this week-end.
The All-Star softball game, sched
uled for Trojan park Sunday, will
be the Sabbath attraction. A Satur
day game may be played, however.
The Trojans got off to an early
lead in the Forsyth game. Arnold
doubled in the very first inning and
Smith likewise doubled to score
him. Rowe singled, went to second
on an error and scored on German s
single in the second, The locals
failed to score in the third stanza
but bounced right back in the fourth
with three tallies. A wild pitch, base
on balls, double steal an error
and a single shoved the three runs
across.
Forsyth held our lads scoreless
again in the fifth and in their end
of the sixt j, g0(; themselves three
runs—the only scoring they did
Three singles, a base on balls and
a triple accounted for the three
runs.
The locals bounced right back in
their hall of the sixth B v \d went the
visitors one better by scoring
runs, it being their final scoring
spree. Bowen drew a base on balls,
W. Bledsoe singled, Arnold singled.
Smith tripled and Bill Bledsoe
singled all in the sixth. It was the
hardes: hitting the Trojans have
uncorked in a good while.
BOX SCORES
FORSYTH AB R H PO A L
C. Stewart, 2b 5 1112 0
Chambers, 3b 2 112 0 1
Mitchel, rf ______4 13 111
M. Stewart, if ____4 d 0 to 0 0
Jones, ss ____4 0 1 CO 0 l
W. Stewart, cf ____4 0 1 w 0 0
Walker, c - ____4 0 0 CT > 0 1
Rover, lb - _____3 0 0 Oi 1 0
Bishop, p _ _____4 0 1 O 2 0
Abercrombie, p __ 0 0 0 O 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 24 6 4
COVINGTON AB R H PO A E
W. Bledsoe, 2b _ 5 1 OMOMOMtdWW 3 3 0
Arnold, lb 4 2 10 0 0
Smith, cf 5 1 o 0 O
B. Bledsoe, 3b _ 5 0 o 2 0
Willard, C ______ 5 1 to o o
Rowe, rf ____4 l o 0 0
Bowen. If _________2 2 1 0
German, ss 3 1 4 2 0
Hewitt, p 4 0 0 2 0
Totals 37 9 13 27 9 1
Score by Innings
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provide them with oyster shell and
grit in separate hoppers. The
‘‘hen size’’ is best, except with
baby chicks.
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COVINGTON MILL ALL-STARS £
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SOFTBALL
STANDINGS
(First Half)
CLUBS W L Pet
Callaway 10 4 .714
King-Hicks 9 6 .600
C berry-Rainey 8 6 .533
Cohen 8 6 .533
Cov. Mills ____ . 5 9 .357
Citjj Pharmacy . 4 11 .266
(One game. Callaway v. Cov. Mills,
still not played.i
(Second Halfl
CLUBS W ^ Pet.
Callaway ____ 1 00 1.000
Cov. Mills____ _______l 1.000
Ccberry-Rainey _______o 1 .000
Cohen _______o 1 .000
City Pharmacy _______o o .000
King-Hicks _____ 0 0 .000 ;
SOFTBALL BOXSCORES
Covington Mills AB R H PO A
McLeRoy ----- ... 3 0 0 2 0
Baker . ______ — 3 1 1 1 5
Smith ------- 3 0 2 0 2
Sammons _____ _____3 0 0 1 1|
Burt ______ .. 3 0 0 0 0
Yarbrough ___ 2 12 10,
Lingo ______ 2 0 110
Patrick _______ -2 0 1 11 0
Brown _______ 2 0 0 4 0
Watkins, p___ — 2 0 0 o 2
Totals ------ 25 2 7 o 10
COHEN AB R H PO A j
Medlock ______ 2 0 12 3
Castle ________ 3 0 0 0 1 j
David ________ ^MIOWIOWWWW 0 0 6 O'
Fatterson ____ 0 13 2
Hitchcock _____ 0 0 10
Batchlor ____ 0 0 CO
Savage _______ 0 0 0
Cochran ------ 1 1 O 0
Williams _____ 0 0 M 1
Mann, p----- 0 1 O 1
Totals ___— 14 00 9
Runs batted in — Sammons, Lin
go Meslock; errors — Castle; two
base hits—Medlock; three-base hits
—Yarbrough; base on balls—Med
lock off Watkins; Umpires—Rowe
and Masten.
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PAGE NINE
Advance-More Club Sponsor) Of
Game To Raise Funds Ml
For Club. til
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By J. P. BUTLER d
Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock tbs id
best in softball will be offered lo- i
cal fans at Trojan park when an 1
All-Star club composed of player.*
in the city league meets an All-Star *
team The selected Advance from More Covington Club of mills. Cov- S3
ington Mills is sponsoring the All- *s
Star game, the proceeds to go into
the treasury of the Club. An admis- ;
sion charge of ten cents will bs ,
made.
Dr. W K Swann, president of
the city league will pick the City s
All-Stars and Grover Morton will r
line up the Covington Mill club. (ty
Tommy Callaway, manager of the Joi
first half champions of the city 501
league will assist Dr. Swann with ier
the city team.
All indications point to a close and ;d
interesting game. Herbert Vining is *1
almost certain to be the mound 1,
choice of the city leaguers and ki
Manager Morton has already stated P(
that Grady Carter or Ralph Wat- , i
kins will be his hillock nominee. ir;
Following are the players from 10
which Covington mill team will be 1
selected;
Grady <
Carter. Ralph Watkins,
James Smith, Tommy Smith, WaJ*
ter Day. Buddy Baker. John Brown, y
Pug McLeRoy. Claud Yarbrough, it
Grover Morton Neil Sammons, g,
Popeye Rowe. Olin Rowe, Homer
Doster. Rollie Butler. Tom Kinney, ot
and J. P. Butler. a
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than this, that, when the in
jury began on his part, the
kindness should begin on ours.
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