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It was a hit inconceivable.
But the fellow pot around. He seemed to be ifi the
right place .just at the ripht time.
He couldn't have weiphed more than 130 pounds but
he was tall and lanky. He was active. He had a desire
to win and he had a pood followinp.
Jack Jolly, who coaches the Porterdale basket
ball team, was the man of the game between his club
and that of Sears-Roebuck. of Atlanta, Saturday night
at Porterdale.
Never before in some twelve years of basketball re
porting have I bad the privilege of witnessing a more
thrilling game than was viewed at Porter Memorial gym
nasium last Saturday night. And it may be added, never
before has one man so dominated the play of an entire
team, as did Jack Jolly, coach of the Porterdales.
Everyone at Porterdale likes Jack Jolly. And
the basketball boys are highest in their praise for
him. They believe in Jack Jolly, do those basketball
boys.
It would. I think, be a hit out of line for the Porter
dales not to think a great deal of their basketball coach.
He certainly gave his all for them against Sears. Every
ounce of the man rendered service for the boys he believes
in.
Soars had a much smoother working machine than
did Porterdale. They, probably, had been organized
much longer than have the locals. But Porterdale out
played them and- deserved the victory.
PORTERDALE FORTUNATE
The Porterdales are indeed fortunate in having a
coach the type of Jack Jolly. He knows how to handle
men. He is a great man to have around.
In the Sear* game last Saturday night it was
noticed time and again the incident* Jolly turned into
■■ Porterdale score*. Jack didn’t wear himself out rac
ing up and down the court. He merely stood around,
walked about and picked his openings. And, he
found quite a few openings.
More than once Jolly took the ball away from the
Atlanta players. They soon learned not to dribble the
ball near the Porterdale coach, did those Sears boys. It
didnt' pay.
When the going got rough and it seemed that the
visitors were about to tear the Porterdale apart and
began a march to the Porterdale goal, that man Jolly
would be there again.
In the last minutes of the final quarter it took scrap
ping for the Porterdales to hold their slim lead. And the
confidence the Bibb boys have in their coach was shown
when they chose to give him the ball once they came into
possession of it. Quickly he would calm the team down,
pass the hall about and in no time have the visitors so
\ muddled they couldn’t tell which was their goal.
: Yes, sir, Jack Jolly should have his Porterdales going
great guns within another season.
COVINGTON MILL TROJANS
It is easy, when sitting close to a heater, to wondfe.
about the coming! baseball season.
Last year saw a good Covington Mill baseball team
start the season, collapse and turn into a softball team
Softball is a good, fast and interesting game and this cor
ner hasn't anything to say against it, but baseball is also
a good game.
Coach John Statham had a young ball club
i started off in the right direction last year. The kids
were getting together fast. And they played some
-ie about readythe
htismess wor!Id took a decided slump. Attendance fell off
X and the club disbanded. The bojs wanted to pla\ ball, so
: they went for softball. •
All the boys, with the exception of Hewitt, . a pitcher,
are still at Covington Mills. And they want to play
ball.
With the right kind of start, the Trojans could pay
their own way, once they established themselves as a ball
club worthy of the fans’ support.
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Covington High
Girls Rate Even
Chance at Title
T. S. Wells, of Atlanta, Will
Have Charge of The
Tourney Referees.
BY JACK LEONARD
Announcement came that Social
Circle will play host to the Yellow
River League basketball tourna
ment which will get underway on
February 15. play extending through
the lRt.h.
There will be four games played
each night; the girls' games will be
gin at seven, then a boys’ game at
eight, another girls’ contest at nine
and the boys winding up t/he eve
ning's play, with a game at 10
o'clock.
T. S. Wells, of Atlanta, will be
in charge of the officials of the
tournament. He also will referee
some of the gamea.
Both the Covington High boys'
and girls' teams will enter the
tourney and advance dope says that
the local gtrls’ quintet has an out
side chance of going places In the
play-offs.
The Covington boys dropped a
game to the Palmer-Stone outfit
last Friday night at Palmer. 27-17.
The locals held a six-point lead at
the end of the first quarter but
the Palmer boys came back strong
to get in front when the whistle
ended the first half.
W. K. Lunsford and Erward
Smith played a good game for the
locals at the guard position.
Porterdale Club
Beats Sears
Quintet
BY W. R. REYNOLDS
The Porterdale Girls Athletic
Basketball Team lost a real thriller
to a team representing Sears. Roe
buck. of Atlanta, Saturday night In
Ihe orter Memorial Gymnasium
Final Score was 23-19. Porterdale
Forwards did their best but they
were up against the best guard* it
has ever been this writer’s privilege
to see on a girls' team. Helen Hard
wick. one of the best forwards in
the business was covered up com
pletely throughout the game. This
is not offered as an alibi but more
as praise for the visiting team. We
sincerely hope they will be back
with us soon.
Out to revenge the defeat the
girls team had received the Porter
dale Athletic Maroons took the boys
t<-am representing Sears. Roebuck
i“to camp to the tune of 24-22. The
'ast five minutes of play was equal
any Celtics game that has ever
-le^n played. Both teams were on
™ flnd didn { slow U P ti!1 thp
f:nal was blown and thm
timekeeper had to blow is
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r1pan not a single player on either
goinp out on account of fouls
The lineups and scoring were as
follows:
Porterdale 24 Sears 22
Ingram 8 RF .. .Pitner R
irnett ...... LF........Gatlin 4
Yanre.v 3 c Tierce 4
Baird 7 RG Barrett 4
Jelly 2 LG Shipley!
Substitutions: Porterdale—Adams
J. English. F. English. Patterson 4.
Sear*-.loiner, Turner, De Boy* 2.
White. 1
Referee: Caldwell. Timekeeper,
Shaw. Scorer, Reynolds. ..........
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Porterdale Bogs and _
Girts Play Atlanta
Saturday night, January 28th, the
Porterdale boys and girls A. C.
basket ball teams will p!ay the At
lanta All-Stars boys and girls team
in the Porter Memorial Gymnasium
the girls' game will start at 8 P. M
and the boys’ game at 9 P M.
This team from Atlanta is a
picked team of some of the best
players in Atlanta and you should
see two good games Saturday nigh’
as the Porterdale teams have im
proved considerably in their play
ing.
There wil! be several prizes given
away by the leading merchants in
Porterdale and Covington, so come
out and be with the crowd.
Thursday night the Porterdale
boys and girls A, C. will play the
Stookbridge boys and girls A C the
first game beginning at 8 P M
come out and see two good games
Thursday night.
We are having good basketball
games in our new gym and we wan;
all our friends over the county to
come out and see these games, as!
they arc always welcome to Por
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“Handball Offers a Clean Game,
Non-Expensive Sport”—Brewster
Editor's Note—This is the third of a series of articles on Emory
at-Oxford's athletic program by Gaines Brewster.)
By GAINES BREWSTER
In striving for the best in athletic entertainment, colleges are
now including in their athletic programs sports and games that may
be carried over into life after college. These sports are specially
stressed in Emory-at-Oxford’s outstanding athletic program.
Handball is one of these
“Handball offers a clean game
and i® a ver > - interesting and non
expensive sport. It is a game
which may be carried over into
life, after college days are over,”
staled Professor E. J. Brown, in
discussing this interesting sport.
“We are trying to include in our
activities sports that are popular,
simple, and adaptable for a health
ful recreation in the future.”
“America’s manhood is being
made healthier, stronger, and bet
ter, by virtue of her enthusiastic
interest and participation in
sports, particularly in high schools
and colleges, stated an authority
on physical education.
“Competitive sports, intra-mural j
or inter collegiate, are developers
of physical strength, mental alert
ness, and moral fitness.”
Handball is a minor sport and
fills in the season at Emory-at
Oxford that otherwise would be
vacan t This sport is encouraged
p e t ween football and basketball
Handball is played on the
courts of Seney Hall. It is played
j n a four walled court by using
the hands in striking the ball,
Points are made by the failure of
a player or a team to be able to
return the serve of Ihe opposing
team or player. It is a game of
skill. Careful observation and
alertness are essentials in this
game. Some has described the
game thusly • “It is like tennis
without the racket and minus the
net.” Two can play or it can be
played in teams.
Members of the faculty ofttimes
challenge the student players to
matches that prove entertaining.
Professor E. j. Brown and Profes
sor C. Lee Harwell have taken
part in several matches of this
type.
The annual winter quarter hand
bal ltournament will begin Tues
day. Those signed for participa
tion are: Bradley, Moffett, Girt
maIli Dubberley, Quijano, Dasher,
Bryant, Lipman, Babington. Irwin,
Harrell, Rumble and Smith.
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A Co. Field Foul P.Foul Total
Player Goal Goal Point
Black. F 6 1 2 13
Keith F 13 1 n 27 |
Wilson C 3 n 0 6
Rich G 1 1 1 3
Head O 0 1 1 1 j
Substitutions: A Company—Sal- j
ter 4, Robertson.
c. Co. Field Foul P.Foul Total
Player Goal Goal Point- j
Smith F fi 0 1 12 j
Cowan F 2 1 2 5
Maddox C 2 2 0 6
Olive G 1 0 n 2
Miller G 5 1 1 11
Substitutions: C Company—Cal- j
laway. Briscoe. Baggs 4. J
Joe Heard. Referee, Professor C. 1
Lee Harwell Scorer, Professor W, O. j
Dorough Timer.
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B Co. Field Foul P.Foul Total
Player Goal Goal Points
Cheshire F 5 0 1 19
Cook F 2 « 0 4
Belcher C 2 1 2 5
King G 2 1 2 g
Roach GOO 2 ®
Substitutions: B Company—John
son j ’ gtrother 1.
^ Field Foul P Foul Total
Player Goal Goal Points
Cowan F 2 0 2 4
smith F 4 1 0 9
an °* n i i 2 1
Olive G « o 1 0
Miller G 4 3 J 11
Substitutions: C Company—Bris
foe ’ a away '
Referee, Joe Heard.
Official Scorer, Profpssor C. L.
Harwell.
Timer, Professor W. O. Dorough
Emory-at-Oxford's
Fencers Are Active
Emory-at-Oxford's Fencing Club
will begin its inter-collegiate com
petition for the Winter Quarter of
1939 at three o'clock Saturday af
ternoon, January 28, as they meet
the experienced fencers of the Uni
versity of Georgia.
The Oxford club will be represent
ed by two of the following: Roy
Campbell, Handby Barton, Dick
Hadaway, Frank Repilado, Paul Vo
genitz, and Asa Blount. This is the
first of a series of six matches be
tween the Oxford club and clubs
fr .1 Georgia Tech, Boys' High. Sa
vannah High, and Emory Fresh
'u«w of the Atlanta campus to be
fought during the Winter Quarter
in Language Hall.
This announcement was made
Tuesday by Professor Henry Jordan.
Faculty Advisor.
Budge and Vines
Create Interest
The only scheduled appearance
in Georgia of Donald Budge and
Ellsworth Vines, the world two
greatest tennis players who will
play a n exhibition match at the
Atlanta City Auditorium Friday
February 3, at 8 p. m.. is creating
widespread interest. The promoters
are receiving long-distance tele
phone calls from various sections
of Georgia and th south request
ing ticket reservations.
There are 4.537 seats available for
the three-hour program, which in
eludes a 2-out-of-3 match between
Budge and Vines, a preliminary
one-set match between Bruce Barnes
and Dick Skeen, members of the
troup, and a 2-out-3 doubles match
with all four players participating
For the benefit of out-of-town fans
reservations may be made
the North Side Tennis Club. 623
Juniper Street, N. E. Atlanta, spon
sors of the exhibition.
—
Bill Keith Gets
High Point Glory
for Emory-Oxford
Court Wizard Shoots Over
Half of Team’s Points;
Total of 27.
BY GAINES BREWSTER
Paced by the incomparable Will
iam Keith, the A Company basket
eers, outclassed the C Company
quintet 53 to 40 Saturday night in
the third game of Emory-at-Ox
ford's Basketball season.
William Keith captured high
point honors for the evening scor
ing 27 points. Keiths individual
performance was one of the most
outstanding that has ever been
played in Williams Gymnasium.
Prom all angles and from all parts
of the court Keith sank them, keep
ing his team in the lead from the
beginning. The large crowd attend
ing this game enjoyed it from start
to finish because it was filled with
dazzling plays, brilliant floor work
and spectacular shooting.
JoKh Black, of A Company, fol
lowed with 13 points. Smith and
Miller shared honors for C company
with their offensive playing. They
scored 12 and 11 points respective
ly.
Both teams played good defensive
ball despite the large score. Rich
and Head were outstanding defens
ively for the victors. C. W. Olive,
speedy guard, was essential in C
company's defensive game.
C Company emerged the victors
Wednesday afternoon by defeating
the determined B Company cage
sters by one point. C Company be
gan the second half of this the sec
ond game of Emory-at-Oxford's in
tralmural season with renewed vig
or after trailing at the half 10 to
13, they took over a lead that wai
never to be overcome by the fight
ing B company quintet.
Miller, of C Company, received
high point honors with 11 points to
his credit. Cheshire, of B Com
pany, followed with 10 points. Ol
ive for C company and Roach for
B Company were the defensive stars
of the game.
(Your paper) readers are thrif-
1 tv. They patronize those who ad
vertise.
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out a single fatal accident. I hat is the record of Georgia’s biggest
automotive fleet, the familiar red cars and green trucks you have
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aggressive safety campaign the Company has conducted for years.
Not only has it developed habits of carefulness among Georgia
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to be of real service to others when accidents occur. More than 350
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Covington Highs’ Girl Quintet i
Given Good Tournament Chat
By PI G McLF.ROY
“I think we have a great chance in the Yellow River leagiJ^ Pi;
nament,” began Moptine Barnett, guard on the Covington High
basketbal Iteam. “And," she added, “it wouldn’t surprise nJV;? »1
to win the championship if all the girls will stay together -
basketball."
Montine is the 16-year-young
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Porter
Barnett, of the city. Montine has
attended Covington school for the
past eleven years, She is very
much interested in basketball and
does quite well at playing the
game. is the best
“I think Livingston
team that we have played this
season,’’ seh said. “Livingston is
a team that keeps scrapping all
through the game,” she added.
Richard Green is Montine’s
favorite movie star, She thinks
that he puts more into his acting
than most of the flicker employes.
“Good News” is the best radio
program, according to Montine.
As usual, the blondes took an
other drubbing, Montine likes
brunettes the best! Thus far in
interviewing Covington High girls
who play basketball, Elizabeth
Wright is the only one to give the
blondes a rating. (Editor’s Note:
“Pug McLeroy is a blonde.”)
“1 like boys that are tall, black
headed and with soft brown eyes,”
Montine sighed. “Too, I like for
them to be good in sports, be
witty but not silly.”
Judging the information receiv
ed since talking wtih the Coving
ton High basketball girls the
locals should win a place in the
Yellow River League tourney that
is to be held in Social Circle. It
seems that the girls are pointing
for the tourney and the result of
their games along in the season
cannot be based as any indication
of their strength as a team.
They, at least, wil ltake plenty
of confidence into the tourney.
SPECIAL
The regular scheduled basket
ball games to have been played
between Companies A. and B at
Oxford yesterday afternoon will
be played this afternoon begin
ning at 4 o'clock. These teams
are evenly matched as evidenced
by previous scores. This game
should be a corker.
Jonesboro Bt
Porterdale (J
winning ill .1
After five straight m
the Porterda-le girls’ Athlete , \
ket.ball Team suffered a i
Wednesday night Rt the ha
their special Nemesis, the
girls. It was necessary, ha
to play an extra period to
mine the winner, the scot*
27 all at the end of the
playing time. Youth eked
victory in the extra playing
final score being 35-27 i
Porterdale. Dorothy Davis t
individual star for the Por
team and E. Brooks the ya
ing player for Youth. The
was refereed by Lewis Caidi
The Porterdale Maroons ;
the Jonesboro Athletic Team!
way down the line Wednesdavl
January I8th, losing out h
closing two minutes by a I
score. Burnett was the high I
for Porterdale with Pitts iJ
running him a close second.!
was the leader on the Jon!
team. Both of these clubs p!a| deal
good basketball, rough but
the way. The lineups and y|
were as follows:
Porterdale 38 •lone*
Ingram 10 . RF____ Kirfcll
J.I,.English I.F....... Dnq
F.English C_____ Still
Baird 5 .........RG DomjS
Adams 2 ......LG... WhaM
Substitutions: Porterdale -1 Jnlll
4. Burnett 11. Yaneev 4,
Jonesboro—Whaley, W.. 2. B>ll
Brown. Referee: Caldwell.
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