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BY TOM KINNEY
COVINGTON GYMNASIUM. Feb. 13.—The sixth i
annual Yellow River League basketball tournament
swung into action here tonight before a handfull of spec
tators, who, it seems, have a lot of fun making noise be
tween half time.
Conyers girls are flossing around with the Covington
girls in this first game of the tourney. At the half the
girls from up the Rock-a-dally way are leading 12 to 5.
The Covington High School boys are making merry with
a phonograph at the far end of the court as if that seven
point lead will be cut down in the quarters to come.
The first Yellow River League tournament was held
six years ago at Emory-at-Oxford. The following year
the tourney was also held there. The next year Palmer
Stone got the big meet. Livingston followed suit the next
season. Last year the get-to-gether was held at Social
Circle. Tonight, and this week, it is here with Covington
sport fans.
Covington boys won the league championship last
year by defeating Social Circle in the finals of the tourna
ment. Palmer-Stone girls copped the lassie cup by
whipping Mansfield.
The second half of this Covington-Conyers ball game a!
has just started. Elizabeth Bradshaw has just scored
field goal for the locals. It was the first field goal Cov-I
ington had made. Annette Ellis, however, has taken the
life out of the Covington team with two neat field goals
from far out in the court. The Covington cheer leaders
are giving the old yells but there is an undercurrent which
tells us that our fair maidens are up against something in
the way of a basketball machine tonight.
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the second round of this tourney, which by the way, will I
he he the the hitrtrest biggest ever ever. Peonle i eople are a e starting , a ing to come C me in.| in
Really, there are a great many people who don t care tor
girl’s basketball. They have been holding off, waiting for
a chance of .seeing S on,e rough staff, furnished more aptly
by the boys. Cov-!
Virginia vlr * 1Bla Hooten riooten, mat that red-headed rea neaaea tieress tigress of Oi the me GOV |
ington • girls, really has her dander up out there tonight.
She is fighting from ever, angle of the court.
Trellis Wells, of Atlanta, IS refereeing this game,
He will officiate in all of the tourney games. The fellow
doesn’t waste any energy. He just walks around slowly
until the occasion to stream-line. Then he jumps in like
a rpfprpp T e nf 01 a a wrpgtlinff wresmn S match match - Always Alwavs hp he ia IS following fnllowincr
v n ® bal1,
Two state Patrolmen have just walked in during a
time-out in this Covington-Conyers game, The fans are
giving them a big hand. The boys are smiling as if they
wouldn’t give any of these girls a ticket for over-parking.
Elizabeth Bradshaw pulled one of the best shots of
the gamp juat ae the ending whistle sounded. She was
standing some 20 feet from the basket, near the center
spot. The ball bounded around a bit on the rim of the
basket, but shot through while the whistle was booming.
Jimmie Gardner, the official scorer, has just ruined the
thrill to Bradshaw’s shot. He says the goal don’t count
—the timekeeper’s whistle sounded before she got the j
ball away. Bah!
A guy just passing behind us has just made a nasty’
crack about our girls’ team. He said they wouldn’t even
be in the tourney if it-was held in some other town.
Conyers and Livingston boys have just started n
game. Conyers is leading right now, 8-1. Mathis, a
squattily-built boy, with a big red five on his jersey, is
taking some long shots at the basket. He just connected
for two points.
At the half Conyers is leading Livingston 15-1. It
that it is much Conyers night. Tom Hay 1
seems very a
should be here.
A Livingston boy, Johnny Hooper is his name, just It} i
jumped astride a Conyers player under the basket.
was the fourth on Hooper. He told the referee as;
he much left that the amounts court, “I to got is my not money’s known. worth” . . . just how j
As the third quarter begins Conyers is leading a dog
tired Livingston quintet 21-5. There isn’t much excite
ment to this game. It is like watching a train slow up at
a town that hasn’t a stop signal.
This Livingston team is in there fighting. They |
mean well, but it is just a case of being in the wrong
tournament. They certainly are not in the class with
Conyers. “Confuscius say” this game not much good.
Conyers winning, 21-7.
Rutledge and Jersey girls have .just started the third
game of this tourney. The Rutledge girls catch the eyes
first because they handle that ball quite well. Too, they
have green pants and black blouses. The Jersey girls are
wearing black panties with a white blouse which has a
splotch of red about the neck and numbers. Rutledge has
taken a quick lead of 10-2.
At the half Rutledge stands 14 and Jersey has the
score board reading 7. At this reading the dice have,
come seven for Jersey, but then there is that snake eye
for Rutledge, the 14.
Coach Brogdon, of the Covington team, and Coach
Stephens of the Social Circle quintet, are having a nice
little chat at the door. Coach Brogdon is probably telling
Stephens about his boys licking Social Circle last year
wdn the championship of the league. In turn Coach Step
hens might be telling the Covington coacher that he (Step
hens) wasn’t coaching at Social Circle last year.
The Porterdale boys have just arrived. They look
peppy in their purple and orange uniforms. They are to
play the Rutledge boys in the final game of the first
round of the tourney which gets underway here tonight
at 10 o’clock.
The Rutledge-Jersey game between the girls finally
ended with Rutledge the victor, 30-13. This Rutledge
team played beautiful ball. They might go some place
in this tourney. They beat Covington last week at Rut
ledge by only two points.
(Our 'Ailvertiser* Are Assured of Results)
CLARKSTON GEIS
FIFTH
BASKET TOURNEr
Covington Team*
To Enter Tournament
Thi* Month.
The annual Fifth District basket
ball tournament for boys was award
ed t0 Cla - rkst ° n las t Tuesday by
representatives of fourteen of the
member schools It was decided that
at ,east four and posslbly five nights
would have to be devoted to the
meet since the list of entries will be
the largest in recent years with
about schools from Fulton, DeKalb
Rockdale, and Newton Counties en
in the B class and four more
competing in the C Class. Finals Of
both classes are to be held Saturday.
February 24. with the preliminary pre-1
on the three or four
ceeding nights.
The probabie entrans ift Class B
Avondale, Campbell, Chamblee. |
Clarkston, Conyers, Covington. De- ] J
Druid Hills, Fulton, Lithonia,
Porterdale, Richardson, Southwest
DeKalb. Stone Mountain and West
Fulton, Livingston, Mansfield. Palm
er-stone and Tucker will vie for the
c title 1
invitations were extended to the
tournament by Clarkston. Coving- j
!on and Decatur ’ bu t when a tie
'f resu ted Decatur withdrew its
The winners of each class will bp
entitled to represent the district in
State meet at Uniersity of Geor
s ^ th ® B Class but sevara ' of
the ° ther ,Pams are s0 close l behind !
a .. dark horse ., Could easily
rin overnight, Se and walk away
the meet totteamhas
last year’s Class C champions
who have now graduated to the B , |
f
to compete against other large
schools while the smaller schools
it out among themselves
their title.
A tournament coihmittee was ap
pointed with R w Dent) of Clark .
ston, as chairman, to be assisted by j
O L Amgler, of Decatur, and c. E. i
Hawkins, of Covington. |
At the same time, it was decided
that a g ir, 's Fifth District tourna
ment - ould be held and thls was !
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ment committee The sae schools:
are expected to entetr teams and :
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Wrigley for pitching ball this season. There are a few who
, agree but most everyone thinks that Ole Diz is worth 15 grand
to have around when publicity is needed.— Atl Constitution photo.
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The Covington High School boys’ basketball team, champions of the Yellow River
year, are hosts to the tourney this week. The tournament began Tuesday night at the local gymnasium
and will end Saturday night with the playing of the finals. The Covington team is pictured, left to
right, first row: Lester Polk, Charles Smith, Bill Heard Smith, Haynes Allen, Burke Varrieman. Sec
0 nd row: Fred McCord, W. K. Lunsford, Cleon Wiley, Edward (Peaches) Smith, Bill Cochran. Third
row: “Wimpy’’ Bruce, Goodwin Tuck, Harry Faulkner and Thomas Swann. Coach Brogdon is shown
at the top left.—Staff photo by J. B. Arrowwood.
( onifCVS LamoaSlS
LivihOStOtl 2 1-7
*in the second game of the tour
neJ . Conyers boys defeated Living
and „ . kept , th6ir , h . jr 1pB( 1 , the « nal ®
whistle. Mathis was best for
winners with 7 points. C. Christian
** « o Livingston’s points.
Conyers 21 Livingston 7
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J™ 7 ' TJ 2 Wilson
jS-Sll’Sl. c 2 Hampton
Leach ______—-G------- 2 Bowden
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the meet Will be hcl during e
last four days of the week ending
March 2 .
The defending champions of
district are, In Class B, the Deca
tur boys and the Avondale girls; in
Class C. The Clarkston boys and
the Palmer-Stone gtfis. However,
the Clarkston teams wii , '™ ipp r
Z–ZfTtoJS,
passed the Group C limit.—Atlanta
Journal
(Largest Coverage Any Weekly in the State)
He Was Actually Dazed.
Ernie Tells Home Folks
World Senes on the last play of
the last game, is entitled to his
“day in court’’ and Big Ernie told
the home folks on arrival here that
“ da ? ed ” aad knew
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Lombardi, who says that last
year was his worst in 13 years,
dims that he was dazed after Char
ley Keller crashed into him in the
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said Ernie, “and dove for him. it
-as too late.”
When Lombardi heap! that Babe
Pmelli of San Francisco, umpire
behind the plate m the big innmg,
Hut _ Itiage | , SUaftipS o
jpyapy u (?iyfs, SO-13
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Ru ti edge defeated a hard-fighting
«■« here to„, e h. .»
the third game of the tourney, SO-
13 One of Jersey's points came af
ter the game had ended, Knight
making a foul shot good after the
whistle had blown- Sullivan got 25
of Rutledge’s 30 points.
Line-ups.
Jersey 13 Rutledge Suhivan 30
Knight 8 . F 25 M.
Malcome 2______F_„ 4 G. Sullivan
Jackson 1_______C_________1 Cook
Stowe _________G_________Smith
McCarty _______G__________ Gibbs
Mobley G Head
Subs—Jersey: Moss. Butler. Bar
nett 2. Rutledge: Robinson. Sprat
ling.
Wild Cates , Dogs
Inhabit Ga. Woods
Any Tartans desiring wild dogs
or cats to pet are invited to ven
ture into the Berry woods, near
Newnan. Spectators have it that
the forest is literally overrun with
these once tame animals, which
have been cast out by their own
ers, and have adjusted themselves
to the rigors of “life in the raw.’’
The animals have been said to
savagely attack nearby calves and
cows, and hence the invitation to
cat-and-dog hunters.
Running Story On Yellow River League Tourn
The Porterdale-Rutledge boys are now playing the
final game of the first round of this meet. Rutledge is
leading right now, 2-0.
Little Wallace Oats, captain of this Porterdale team
is the spark plug. He seems to be in on every play. He,
too, was in a confusion at the out-start of the game,
Coach Brumbaugh, of the Porterdale team, failed to give
Captain Oats’ name in the line-up he handed the official
scorer. The game was stopped until Brumbaugh and the
scorer talked things over.
Wheeler, Crowell and Oats combined their efforts
in a fighting attack near the end of the first quarter and
forged Porterdale ahead at the whistle, 7-2.
Both the teams small in size, but •P. it that
are seems
Porterdale is the smallest. You can’t help but like the
■ kid, Oats. This Porterdale team are Oat burners and it
is little Oats that is doing the burning.
This Porterdale outfit is a well coached team. They
know their way around out there, do these boys who play
basketball for Coach Brumbaugh. It was this team, be
hind the hard playing of little Oats, that defeated the
Covington High boys early in the season, 11-10.
I As the half ended Porterdale led on the score
Conyers Trips Covingto
Girls In First Game
Tuesday Night
Ten High School basketball teams swung into act
at the Covington gymnasium Tuesday night in the j
round of the Yellow River League tournament, Ei
school has entered two teams, one of boys and one
girls. Thus 20 outfits will be paraded before the p a |
before the week is out, the finals being reeled off Saj
day night.
A good crowd, despite rainy
weather, witnessed the first games
Tuesday night. With better weather
in the offing, the crowds are expect
to turn this tourney into one of the
best ever held in all the six years
of its existence
The Covington girls went out in
the first game of the meet They
lost to Jersey Tuesday night, 23-13
The locals fought hard
the contest, but the Jersey
just had too much for Coach
Brooks’ lassies. Virginia Hooten, the
fiery red-head- was outstanding for
the Covington team. She didn’t
shoot many points, but she seemed
to be in every play.
The best game of the initial round
of the five-day tourney was between
Porterdale and Rutledge boys- Por
terdale won the game, 18-11, but it
was a much closer game than the
score indicates. Wallace Oats, the
half-pint captain of Porterdale, led
his team in the hearts of the spec
tators. He never quit fighting and
safik more than one long shot,
kind that wins the basketball fan
in a hurry Bill Crowell shared hon
ors with little Oats. He, too. seemed
to be there johnny on the spot.
Porterdale ttook an earlv lead
and held it until quitting time. At
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ledge boys‘came within four
of tying the game up P It was
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“at Oats . and r Crowe,! got t nott hnt .
Thoysteemed the, r team six
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Porterdale 18 Rntiedcre Rutledge 11 li
Wheeler 4 F 1 H Edwards
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Conyers girls defeated Covington
inthefirstgameoflheYeliowRiv
er Lea § ue basketball tournament
Tuesday night before a good open
ing crowd, 23-13.
This is the Sixth Annual Yellow I
River League tourney among High j
School teams. Covington won the
title last year at Social Circle.
Sanders was the shining star for
the Conyers girls. She scored a total |
of 12 points, one short of the en
tire Covington Club. Bradshaw was
tops for the locals with eight points.
Line-ups.
Conyers 23 Covington 13
Byrd 4 F 8 Bradshaw
Sanders 12_____ F 2 Hooten
Ellis 8 C 2 Henderson
Stewart ______G____________Cox
Burnley ________G________ _____Cook
Williams .. G ..... 1 Box
Subs—Conyers: Witcher; Coving
ton: Ramsey.
Loganville Defeats
Jersey Doth Gaines
BY JAMES GUEST
Loganv’lle boys and girls defeat
rd the Jersey team on February 9.
at a score bOys 62 to 21. girls 43 to
25- The slar player for Loganville
boys was Chancey. the score of 15,
Jersey Bryant was very outstanding
with a score of 8 not a big score,
but a good player.
Girls Yancey the star player for
, Loganville girls, a score of 16- but
Knight for Jersey was the star
replied angrily, “That’s a lie! Pi
nelli was the first one on the field
to say that he looked at me and
that my eyes were shut!”
The big catcher for the Reds
III
land a few years back and he
spoiled Pearson’s try for a no
hitter in the’third game. Pearson
had pitched seven and one-third in
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Ernie says that as he was trot
ting to fir^ Pearson, yeiled at him,
plrfec^laS-'Xch that Monte wo P u ld didn’t se“m
to refute the story
know he had a perfect game until
that time.
LOfJfMl fC IJCTCaiS
MtttlSftcld 51 “38 « 34-24
BC JAMES GUEST
The fast moving boys and girls
of Loganville H. S. defeated a fast
girls and boys team from Mans
field to the tune of 51 to 36 and 34
to 24 respectively in a game packed
with thrills from beginning to end
The floor player was Palmer for
Loganville was excellent. Loyd for
the losers was outstanding.
The girls of Loganville were led
by the celler shots of Gower, while
McCulIers held the bright spot at
guard- For the losers it. was spears
at forward and Curtis at guard.
Never was the score so divided
that the crowd could rest easy.
Boys—Loganville 51: F. Chancey
13. Garrett B-4. Garret J-2 sub ; C.
Atha- 9. Still 2 sub; G. Palmer 18.
Nunnally 2. Forester (sub) 2.
Mansfield boys. 36. F. Adams 7.
R Curtis 2. Loyd 17. E. Curtis 5
Morgan 5.
Loganville girls 34. F. Cancey 11.
Grower 11. Johnson tsub) 10 Mc
Cullers 2; G. Smith. Brewer. Perry.
Mansfield girls. 24 F, Harwell 9
Spears 11 Milton 4: G. Morgan
Cook (sub). Curtis, Hayes (sub),
Thomas.
On his first appearance in
the Y’ankee Stadium he threw
strikes all afternoon without
letting the Violets get their
bats off their shoulders.
Thursday, February 1 = 5 J
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Our Wild I if.
By H. YV. SURRENCY, R a ,
YValton, Morgan and Newt,
Counties.
The Mourning dove, frequt
mistaken for the extinct r
§ er P‘geon, died by the drov
Walton, Morgan, Newton
°“ ei Geoigia counties. In.jj
* ng a survey of the dead birjj
Walton ' veie m the county, neighborhood I found oftj j
thousand that died during
days °f the heavy snow,
^he best known character!
hardly a dove be considered is its call, a which]
song.
dark spot on the side of from] the!
distinguishes this bird
natne doves and pigeons e
the white winged dove. It
also be identified by the
whistling of its wings whi
flight. The latter has the i
third of the wing white,
haps a more complete descri
of this bird will help to id<
it to those who are not alread;
quainted with it.
The mourning dove fe
throughout the United States.
.... Mexico Guatemala. „ andS<
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ern Canada, and winters
Central United States to Pat
.. Its st , . makeshift,,
n f >s a POor
P°sed chiefly of a handful
twi thrown together so lot
th t ^ are in d
This dove is one of the earl
spring arrivals - its appearance
mg a b out the same as the n
blue bird and meadow i ark ,
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ful ^ rd , for it feeds exlemvdj
weed seeds and frequently eats
sect f( especially ° 6 * grasshopper^ pF
hWe ,able HiPt diet.
player on the court with a sj
of 21. A good game, but Logan
won out.
Loganville boys—F: B. Garrei
J. Garrett (sub) 4. Chancey lil
At ha 17; G: Palmer 4 Nunal
Moon (sub) 3.
Jersey boys—F: Allen 4. Bil
Bray, • sub) Forester 8. Edwards 5; Daily t|
2
Loganville girls—F' Johnsd
Yancey 16- Gower 12; G. Ba
Smith, McCulIers.
Jersey girls—F: Knight 21 1
com 2. Barrett, Jackson isub a
Mobley, Stone., McCarty.
Played for Three Yei
Sat on Bench Only
MADISON, Dean, Wis. (NNS)j real 1
Dr. James P. honored) a
1 minute man,” was YUwo*
the University of
| this fall by being during permitted f*
sit on the bench >
ball game.
life It that was Dr. the Dean first had time inj
| any part of a football
from the players] bench,™
hardly marks him as * *
apart except that he PW
football for three years.
Dean, one of the Rati?®
greatest ends, is now a me 1 ’ 1
of the YY’isconsin through
Board. He played 1910 seas(
1908, 1909 and
i : the last year as missed Jootball a » t
tain, and never His record
ute of play. of *
; tops—sixty minutes
in every game and every P
J ; that Wisconsin played
: three complete Rea f nI ’ s .'__-
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| 10-6. If there is anything to choose between these te
in the height department, the nod goes to Rutledge^ i
have a wee hit or reach on the Porterdales. It mfe®
used to great advantage later in the game " hen t
school boys become tired.
In this fourth quarter the show all belong? to
Crowell and Wallace Oats of the Porterdale 14-10- team- 1
score is now 18-10. A split second ago it wJis
sank a long shot and Crowell came down the court
a freight train to swoop the ball from a Rutledge pl a
taking it all the way down to the Porterdale basket,
ing it in with the greatest of ease. “aim
In the closing minutes of the game both
getting rougher. They are playing harder and the
contact is greaetr and more often. Referee ^ p ^
evreything well in hand though. He is ca
right and left. Most of the fouls are being called o
Porterdale boys. ^
keeper’s Part clocks of the huge just crowd two minutes is filing to out. play, |K h , lS e j
savs it J® j
terdale victory all right. The ciwd know?
rea dy to go home. It is 11:15 o’clock. Even the r
1 dale supporters are making for the door.
1 Final score 18-11,