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BY TOM KINNEY
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This is an off-season for sports around Covington.
UR IM the on iy sporting activity right now is high school
"kail. school There softball, i, «.great too. deal However, of interest it so connected happens with that
Si* tahish not get around to seeing every gamej
Ip reporter can plays. And it is suggested that Professor:
local team managing the team, select of the
" who is one
I Lins who attends the regularly to
"an V school students write-up games all
the 1 score and send in a on games to
:eep sports c department 1 acrfmant
he t matter o> ha mg o na e *° tD 11
u It isn a
new* , It simply 1* * er 0 .' Van , . ng V W i°
play the games want the result* printed and people
n ho are interested in the game want to read about it.
Really it wouldn’t be much trouble for one of the
ntudents of Covington High School to send this page
eekly report of softball news. :
» W opening here April 2 between the
\\> paw the game
ca Ip and Monroe high. Charlie Smith was pitching for
° h arrived. It was during the sixth in
S%nm . w en we
W» 4-1 in favor of Covington. Monroe
,ari just scored their first run. Charlie was steaming like
midget kettle. Although getting weaker, Charlie was
jj for staying in there. However, Professor Hawkins is
nlf sort of fellow who believes in letting every
interested in playing to have their chance.
We were seated behind the backstop. There
were several on the bench beside me that didn’t give a
hoot about the Hawkins’, way of playing this game of
softball. Shucks, to their way of thinking an honest
effort to win the game must be made. 1 hey were
highly in accord with the team out there on the field.
Not a tinker was given for all those kids sitting over
there on that long bench. Kids that were just as
S eager to get in that ball game as that guy was to win j
the darn thing. who
Professor Hawkins is dead right. Every boy
tomes Quines out mu for .lvm softball >■ practice ► and shows interest in doing
his best should he given a chance to play. After . , all, ,, what ,
isthegame played for? Is it placed to show' a few people
that boys at Covington High school simply are better ath
letes than those at Monroe, Porterdale, Madison, W histle for F
Step, Death Valley or w T hat have you? Is it a game
only the fittest? Is it a game that must be played in
tenseness disregarding kids who really want to play but I
just happen to he just a little unsure of themselves? j
Professor Hawkins has the right idea about this
softball situation. The High schools got together !
and formed a league. Each school got their teams
together and, of course, the best players were sort of
bunched as a “first” team. They are the boys who
start off the game. The general idea is to win, but \
too, there is an idea of playing the game instead of
letting the game play you. It is along these lines that !
Professor Hawkins is handling his high school charges.
All this chatter about how Hawkins is handling hisi
team is coming from softball fans who have the lust to win. j
People who are not in contact with kids are the ones who
really get steamed up over a little game of softball. j
This reporter found out something about kid baseball
during travels with American Legion sandlotters. There
were trips to Albany, Macon, Atlanta, Rome, North and
South Carolina and' Tennessee Every trip was w’ith a
different team. All were the same in spirit.
... the trips were made , with n ainesvi • *ii r .
,
(pams. However, different men managed 0
those clubs. It was here that a chance was had to
judge the best type of pilot for the sandlotters.
Of the different persons who managed Gainesville
learns one stood Ollt about the heap. He was Edgar Sur
ratt, a retired Naval officer. He knew' how to handle kids,
He let them set their own bedtime. Eat whatever they
wanted to (except ice cream just before game time). He
told them that there really wasn’t much to baseball. “It
H iust a game like moving pegs around.” he told them.
(he idea is to get a man on base and keep moving him
around until he scores a run. Nothing more. Just hit
ihe ball when you are up there. When you are in the
Held, pick up the halls they knock you, if you can, and
put the other guys out.”
Once Surratt had a Gainesville team in the finals
*t Macon. Jim Bagby, Jr., now with the Boston Red
Sox, was opposing Gainesville that day. He was
Pitching for the DeK–lb Barons. The Barons were
highly favorites because of the Bagby boy, who could
pitch a fast ’un as well as curve it. Surratt told his
h°y» «t the hotel just before game time: “I want you
kids to go out there today and do the best you can.
" you win it will tickle me pink and I’ll buy every one
n you an ice cream cone and take you to amovie
tonight. But listen now, if you lost, I won’t do a thing
ut buy you all an ice cream cone and take you to a
movie.”
^ p H sir, those kids played baseball for seven innings,
, they r
couldn’t do much with Bagby’s curve ball, but they
Wnamly stepped into his fast one. At the end of the
•seventh inning, Gainesville was leading DeKalb, 8-1.
^Jroy was still on the mound. His team had made some
rntten errors. Rut then, those Gainesville kids were scrap
If)r f ln y, Gainesville. Little Jim He Rooth, given a cross-eyed up'but kid, four was hits pitching in these
had
k \ e , n ""lings. l n the eighth something happened. De
Parted hitting everything Booth threw up there.
J Pe score was tied 8-8, when the third out was made in
the eighth inning.
DeKalb went on to win the game in the 11th # in
n 'ng, 9*8. Edgar Surratt had tear* in his eyes after
game. Not because of the defeat so much but
because 0 f the spirit of those kids. Every single
P a yer on the team cried a bit that day while taking a
«how e r. R wag a sad sight. But that night when
p y got their ice cream and tickets to the movie they
w ere lightehearted again. They were rady to start
Practicing for the next season.
And so it goes. Kids think a ball game, while it is
lng (Laved, the most important thing on earth. You
,
' lP| R ee and down. Once in a
while lazy one get out there lay chips
a one will make the team, but when the
1 ,* r 0 ,' “- vn Yes evn th sir, lazy Edgar boy will do and bis Professor very best Hawkins for the
• Surratt softball.
1 L e r i^ht idea about this kid baseball and
"in, but always play the game.
Trojans Seeking Practice Game For Sat • ,
Graham Thompson Gets Decision
Over Cowan in Bout Wednesday
BY HANES ALLEN
Graham Thompson staggered La
vern Cowan with hard rights and
lefts in the final round of their
three-round bout last Wednesday
„ lhe Covj n
um „ nd , m .. hc(I strong en „ ll8h , 0
win a judges’ decision, it was a
wacky, wacky fight all the way
through but Thompson plainly
had the edge.
was tllfl second meeting of
these battlers. Before Cowan won I
the decision. There seems but one:
thing for the fighters to do: get
themselves matched up for an
other bout
The Thompson-Cowan fight was
the main go of the High School
boxing show which paraded eight
other fights before the public last
Wednesday night. All the bouts
wer * S° od and more are expected
to i* n staged m the near future.
A1 Thompson vs. Ralph Hillley,
120 pounds. 1st round — fighters
come out slowly, spar around feel
ing each other out. Hiiiey goes
down for no count. His nose starts
bleeding as the round ends.
Thompson’s round. 2nd round
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count Thompsc>n linmarked> ]s
fighting coolly. Hilley goes down
again as round ends. Thompson’s
round. 3rd round — Thompson
fighting coolly. Hilley rushes;
they swap blows as round ends.
Th ? mp ^’ s fight Mw ay ’
1 David Skinner . vs. Billy Bigger*, R
Hr> p ” unds ’ lst rtn ' nd Biggeis
goes down twice before he can
hit skinner skinner keeps rush
jn g B iggers. Skinner lands a hard
r jg b ^ as round ends. Skinner’s
round, 2nd round — Biggers goes
down as Skinner dazes him with
a hard right. Biggers again goes
down for the count of nine. Skin
"er goes down. Biggers goes down
twice; once for the count of nine,
and his second throws in the tow
el. Skinner’s fight by a T. K. O.
David Butler vs. Donald Bal
lard, 115 pounds, lst round —
Fighters feeling each other out.
Throw very few blows. Draw. 2nd
round — Butler gains a slight ad
vantage tvhen they start slug
ging. Spar in center of ring as
™" d ««ds. Butlers round , 3rd „ ,
round — They come out slugging
with neither gaining an advantage,
Butler rushes as round ends. But
ler wins by a decision.
Lawrence Hill vs. Austin McMi
chael, 140 pounds. 1st round—Me
Michael lands a hard right to
Hill's head. They feel each other
out. McMichael lands hard blows
head as ™" d e " ds -
McMichael s round. 2nd round —
McMichael opens round with a
hard right to Hill’s head. Hill
counters with a series of blows
to McMichael’s body and head
Hill swings and misses as round
ends Hill's round. Hill is
to come out for the third
because of an eye injury. McMi
chael’s fight by T. K. O.
Jim Cook vs. Clyde Collins. 140
pounds. 1st round — Collins comes
out slugging. He rushes Cook and
Cook goes down for the count of
eight, Collins rushing Cook as
round ends. Collins wins by T. K.
O., end of first.
Pete Mobley vs. Schley Ed
warc j s ’ 130 pounds. 1st round—Ed
wards rushes . ’ siuggin _____ * v ‘
with lefts and r 'g hts - Moble y
lands light lefts to the head as
round ends. 2nd round-Edwards
rushes and Mobley goes down for
count of one. Mobley lands hard
lefts to head. They swap rights as
round ends. Draw. 3rd round—
They come out slugging. Mobley
rushes Edwards. Both are very
tired. They spar with neither do
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Fight ends in a draw.
Peaches Smith vs. Cary Allgood,
130 pounds. 1st, round — Allgood
rushes and Smith goes down for
the count of one. Smith can’t hit
Ailgood.
Douglas Blankenship vs. Mal
colm Bruce, 150 lbs. lst round —
Fighters come out slugging. Blan
kenship lands a hard right to
Bruce’s chin and Bruce counters
with a right to Blankenship’s
head. They spar in’ center of ring
as round ends. Draw. 2nd round—
They come out slugging. Blanken
ship gets slight edge. Blankenship
rushes and Bruce's second throws
in the towel. Blankenship wins by
T. K. O.
NOTICE
TO ALL SOFTBALL FANS:
A meeting is railed for the
purpose of discussing ways
and means for equipping the
local ball park with lights and
otherwise improving same for
the purpose of having night
softball. Meeting at the Court
House on Thursday night. Ap-
1 ril 22th. at R o’clock. Every
body interested cordially in
vited.
“ELMER Q. FAN”
Covington. Newton Co., Ga,
Sport dub Presents
t Y' Weight Lifters
The Sportamc Club of Porter
dale is presenting the Y. M. C. A.
weight lifters of Athens in a
strength show in the Porterdale
Gymnasium Saturday. April 13, at
7:30 p. M.
Fourteen big acts will be pre
sented. Feature of the evening
will be a fiOO pound lift by w. A.
wh ° » offering $5.°° to
any man who will lift the weight
he uses in the way he lifts it. Mr.
Curry will anso support a piano
on his chest. Another unusual feat
will be a ten-foot jump by one
man onto the chest of another,
A very small charge will be
made for admission. !
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THE COVINGTON NEWS
Fence, Bleachers Ready i
As Team Continues
Practice
Covington Mill's Trojans, the of three-week practice !
at end a
session, played are seeking a practice game for Saturday afternoon to be I
at Trojan park. Efforts have been made to schedule a game
with a close-by team. At this writing no game is on docket, but
Manager Evans is still looking for one.
At a meeting Saturday morning
the club elected Claud Yarbrough
as Business Manager of the club.
_ S T L _ ° res,gned . . „ He , however
' ay ’ ’ ’
is to be commended for the ex
cellent manner in which he went
about securing help in building
back the fence at Trojan park .
The club sponsored an
program at Covington Mill audi
torium Saturday night and enough
funds were raised to finish out re
pairs on the fence and bleachers.
Covington merchants had already
contributed some toward this end.
The practice drills have been in
terrupted from time to time by
rainy weather but as a whole the
Trojans are in fair shape. How
ever, if a game is secured for Sat
urday afternoon the pitching de
partment will probably work in
three shifts. Baker, Hackett, Rowe.
Manager Evans might elect to
give all his moundmen a little
work.
Buddy Baker and Beaddy Hack
ett are two veterans that will be
counted on for the pitching load
this season. However, Olin Rowe,
a bright rookie prospect, will be
given a chance to show his worth.
Then there is a couple more rook-
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Our filling fresh and bright,
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It will bring us much delight.
And too, our pies and bread may take your sight
We won’t give you false beauty.
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by all pcortton interest** ua sports
at Palmer-Stone.
Final eliminations have
reached in all events except the
discus and the shot-put. James
Halcomb, freshman, with his fine
showing in the 100 yard dash, tjie
220 yard dash and the broad
jump, is the outstanding track
man so far. Halcomb will perform
his best specialty in competition
for he can compete in only two
events and the relay. Sam Poole
won the high jump and pole vault
NOTICE! l !
TO ALL
DOG OWNERS 1
permitted at f i I
No dog shall be to run
large in said city or go upon the streets, I
sidewalks or public square thereof, un
less such dog wear a tag or plate pre- !
pared and furnished by said city.
ANY DOG RUNNING i
AT LARGE
NOT WEARING A LICENSE PLATE
OF THE CITY OF COVINGTON, GA.
WILL BE
IMPOUNDED
FOR THREE DAYS
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In which the owner may redeem it by
paying, in addition to $1.00 for a tag,
50 cents pound fee, which fee goes to
the police for impounding such dog. >
All dogs not redeemed by their
owner, after being impounded for three
days, shall be taken by the police to a
suitable place and killed.
Dr. E. W. Exley will be at his office
at the Rock Barn, Friday, April 12th, for
purpose of inoculating dogs and issuing
licenses.
By order of the Mayor and Council.
j. H. WOOD i
CITY CLERK I
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ies, Homer Doster and Lefty Col
lins.
If scheduling a game for Sat
urday is marked with failure, a
game is a i mos t certain to be on
the calendar for the following Sat
urday, weather permitting,
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Wesley Budd Will Enter
Fifth District Tennis
Tournament.
BY J. HOPE BRANHAM
Coach Bill Dillard has been
working hard every afternoon at
the Emory Junior College athlet
ic field with candidates for places
on the Palmer-Stone track and
field team. Prof. E. J. Brown has
been good enough to allow the
Wildcats to practice on the Em
ory field and this is appreciated
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eliminations. Malan Dial, :
in "he
captured the 440 yard run and.
Lester Harper the low hurdle. • i
The relay team will be made up
of Malan Dial, James Meador,! 1
Lester Owenby and James Hal- :
comb. !
To date Grady Byrd has showed
up best in the discus and shot put.
Wesley Budd will enter the 5th
district tennis tournament to be.
played on the Emory at Oxford j
courts sometime this month. 1