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BILL STATHAM. Editor
DON BRUMBAUGH - JACK LEONARD - J. HOPE BRANHAM - “BULL” SESSIONS
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By DON BRUMBAUGH
Its really great to be back in
Newton County after a year at the
best little college in the country—
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Murray State.
When a person decides to go to |
college they usually go there for
and back with ;
one anoth purpose er. -“i You do come learn a lot be- |
tween the jam sessions and
eampusrology classes.
A lot of people talk about how
hard its going to be for the col
lege teams to continue football
without their star players, Well
what about the coaches that have
been lost? Several of the great
coaches have joined the Navy to
help in the coaching of the Navy
Training School teams.
What will Fordham do without
Jim Crowley ? Temple without
Mewsikomer? and Murry State
without Moore? These are only
a few but there were two hundred
men taken for this service.
Leroy Atkinson of the Worcest
er, N. Y., Daily Telegram has
finally woke up to the fact thal
Jimmie Foxx, slugging first base
man of the Boston Red Sox. will
be the next big league manager.
Jimmie knows the game and ha*
played only with the best teams.
He started out In Philadelphia
when Connie Mack’s boys were re
spected. He has played with Bos
ton since and 1 they have kept in
the first division all the time.
The Porterdale Pine Streei
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Baseball Team is getting under
way. I was out at practice one
day and I believe that the boys
have a fairly good team. Charlie
Martin is a swell catcher and with
several good men on the pitching !
staff the boys should go places.
The National Intercollegiate |
Boxing matches will be held this !
month and I sure would like to
see a few of the Murray State bex
ers take a crown for themselves.
The Thoroughbred boxers met
the champs, Southwest Louisiana,
and lost to them all on close de
cisions. I'd be willing to bet that
"Burley Mike’ Nicholas could
knock his way to the finals or get
eliminated by the leather-pushing
champ.
This past month I received one
of the greatest honors of my life.
The Amateur Football Congress
placed me on the All-Time All
American Amateur football team.
I played two years in New York
but didn’t think that I was worth
this great honor. As a matter of
fact I still don’t see how it happen
ed.
Its really great to be back and
along with Sports Editor Bill
Statham we’ll try to give the sport
fans of Newton County a complete
coverage of the highlights and !
facts of this dizzy sport world. j
Summary Of
Sporting Events
Of Past Year
With the basketball season bow
ing out for another year, we be
lieve there couldn’t be a more op
portune time to summarize the
past sports year than now.
We’ll begin with softball; In
the 1941 season the Middle Georgia
Softball League had it’s best sea
son in years. Porterdale High fin
ally wound up in first place after
getting off to a bad start. Mon
roe and Covington paced the league
in the first half by losing only one
game each, but fell by the wayside
in the final round and found them
| ' selves battered under a barrage Porterdale of
defeats at the hands of
j and Commerce.
! Durden, of Monroe, was prob
ably the most outstanding pitcher
in the league, winning six victories
and losing two, while Waddleton,
of Porterdale, and Smith, of Cov
ington won four each against two
losses to end in a tie for second
place.
Roberts, of Monroe, lead the
league in batting, hitting a per
centage total of .448 which is con
sidered pretty good on any mans
field. Shropshire, of Porterdale,
batted .432, and Fred Hill, of Cov
ington. ended with a .398 mark.
As for outstanding fielders, Hill,
of Covington, from the press box,
appeared to be the best. Gaz
away, of Porterdale, Smith, of
Commerce, were also good.
All in all, the players of 1941
| had by far the best individual rec
ords the league has seen.
The golfing season brought few
developements, except for the
Unique match held between sev
ral East Lake negro caddies at the
Pqrterdale Club.
The negroes stated that the
course should be worthy of the
! National Open, as it is as tough to
negotiate as any in the state. This
Newsy Bits About
Sports Activities
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WhlrUway ... back to Lex
ington.
BY ART BRONSON
/WDDS and ends of sports ' . . i
f Washington Senators V ave
been hardest hit of the major
league clubs, having held fare
well parties for 14 of their play
ers who have joined the armed
forces. . . . Miami, Fla., is hav
ing a hard time selecting a new
nickname for their ball team, j
formerly Suggestions known include as the Buccaneers, Wahoos. j 1
Orioles, Rangers, Warriors,
Royals, Rolettes, Cannons and
Magics.
So many persons are eager to
hunt antelope during the 17-day
season in California, that the fish
and game commission selects li
censees by lot. Limit is 500 for
the season, from May 29 to June
14. . , . California farmers have
asked gun club feeding of migra
tory birds, who annually cause
thousands of dollars in damage
to rice and other crop lands.
Whirlaway had to wait a few
days for a shipping car in which
to make the trip from Santa
Anita to Lexington, Ky. . .
His companions for the trip
were stablemates Sun Again,
Some Chance, and other Derby
candidates.
Planning an ocean fishing trip?
Coastguard officials want follow
ing forms of identification: Birth
jertificate, birth affidavit, defense
,
plant employment identification,
Army, Navy or Marine discharge
papers, naturalization papers, or
an old oassport.
match drew a large and interested
gallery.
The Emory-at-Oxford football
teams played several good games,
with Company C proving to be the
best.
Jack Hightower, fast-stepping
back of Company C set the pace on
| the Emory Campus and showed
j boys some high class playing.
j The basketball season brought
many surprises with the Coving
ton High lads taking honors with
the exception of the League play
off tournament, which was won by
Mansfield.
The Covington boys met and de
feated Porterdale In three appear
ances. They also beat all the
other teams they met at least once.
The Porterdale High girls ended
up in first seat on their side of the
league by winning their last eight
games.
The League produced many out
standing stars in the past season
and should have quite a number
next season.
Burt Vardeman, Dick Budd, and
i Charles Smith, all of Covington,
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Above are the Murray State Boxers of Murray, Ky., who have just finished their third con
secutive year with only one defeat chalked up aga inst them, and that being at the hands of the |
national champions, Southwest Louisiana College The Thorobreds, coached by Jmi Moore, who re
eently was drafted, have defeated such top-notch teams as Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Arkansas Tech,
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BASEBALL PROSPECTS
Tom Kinney, former sports edi
tor of this paper, and now holding
the same position with the
Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer, was in
town over the week-end and we
were fortunate enough to get his
opinion on a few matters pertain
: ing to sports.
Kinney says he’s afraid baseball
outside of the Major Leagues will
fold up In time to come, due to
the war. Tom may be calling this
one r |^ht but we can hardly agree
with hjm Baseball will be over
, crowded wlth yo „ n gsters the next
few seasons and we believe that
this will be a good thing for the
g-ame. Young baseball players al
ways have the sort of color and
-stuff” that the fans like. Take
lhe Atlanta Crackers, for Instance,
The Crackers can’t be expected to
turn out as good a team as they
j had last year, what with all the
stars being drafted or advancing
t 0 the majors, and all the young
sters now in camp, but it in our
belief that the fans will turn out
u , see the boys same as ever, and
that sooner or later they are
bound to start clicking,
5 "The Army,” Kinney, "will
says
have all the baseball players. For
example* down at Fort Benning,
there are enough former major
league stars to form a team,”
Tom says he is interested In
baseball at Fort Benning this year.
The Benning boys, you will recall,
have beat several top-notch teams
to date and are expected to do
much better as the season pro
gresses.
i FISHING SEASON OPENS
With the opening of the trout
| ; season this week local streams and
I ponds are finding their banks lit
erally swarmed with fishermen
who are spending hours upon hours
1 at this favorite pastime.
You’ll probably get the ‘‘fishing
bug” one of these days soon, but
don’t be caught without your li
cense. You’ll find all of them
the same as the expiring ones.
Annual resident licenses are $1.25,
with 10 day non-resident licenses
at $1.50, and annual non-resident
licenses will be $5.25.
Of course if you fish with worms
in your home county you won’t
need any license, so as the boys
staked their claim of fame, along
with Porterdale’s J. L. Hilton,
Harden, of Social Circle, Parnell,
of Palmer Stone, and Aiken, of
Conyers. Garrett, of Ixjgansville,
Bates, Livingston, Mullins, Rut
ledge and Goodrich, of Mansfield
were also outstanding.
For the girls, Martin, and Pat
teraon, of Porterdale were both
chosen on the All-League team for
the second year in succession, while
Barnett and Givin, of Palmer
Stone, Hooten and Bradshaw, of
| Covington, and Farmer, of Conyers
sparkplugged their respective
teams.
The Porterdale, Conyers, and
Covington boys teams were invited
to the District Meet in Decatur.
All three teams lost out in second
round matches.
Once a practical and profitable
method of farming has been found
to be ‘‘tried and true,” the Ex
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under 16 years who won’t need one
either.
The recent heavy rains have
hindered fishing a bit, but with
the water going down and the
weather warming up, they should
begin biting, and several have re
ported that they were striking on
the Yellow and Alcovey rivers, and
at Jackson Lake over the week
end. Of course, you know not to
use your nets and seines as that’s
against the law.
Joe Louis Is back in the head
''nes, * ut there’s nothing so un
u9ual * bout that -
The unusual part is that Joe, the
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Coach Brumbaugh
Now On Active
Duty With Navy
Porterdale'* latest addition to
the Armed Forces of the nation is
PHS’s Coach Howard Brumbaugh,
who left last week for active duty
in the United States Navy.
It will also be interesting to
know of Mr. Brumbaugh's marri
age to Miss Nelle Scott, also of the
PHS faculty during the Christmas
holidays. Mrs. Brumbaugh will
continue her teaching until the
war is over.
Coach Brumbaugh carries with
him the best wishes of those who
knew him. He was the main factor
in securing PHS’s membership in
the Yellow River Basketball
League.
Since Mr. Brumbaugh has been
Athletic Director at PHS the
school has won two championship
titles -one in basketball and the
other in softball.
For the past two basketball sea
so the Porterdale boys have
been invited to play in the District
Meet held in Decatur. The boys
have gained the second round be
fore losing out in both meets.
These achievements can be cred
ited to Coach Brumbaugh who will
be greatly missed at PHS.
According to the Extension
Service, getting a good stand of
peanuts is of major importance in
order to obtain satisfactory yields.
Clean, well ventilated neats are
essential to the production of
qua '' t v mar ' <et e F>S*‘
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Brown Bomber, has defended his
title successfully longer than any
o.her fighter In the history of the
ring. *
Joe beat Abe (the Simple) Simon
into submission in six rounds Fri
day night, This was the first
defense of his title the Bomber has
made since he has been in the
army and the second time that he
has whipped Simon. He did it a
year a ®° in Detroit .
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Louis didn’t get a penny out of
the fight Friday night with the
exception of- training expenses.
| His share of the *50,000 gate went
to the Armed Forces. He trained
f or the fight amidst his everyday
army duties and spent $2,500 of
pig own money for tickets which
he gave to his soldier buddies in
order that they might see him
fight.
A11 of which goes to prove, that
Jowls Is still champion—a REAL
Champion.
T. C. MEADORS
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Thursday, April 2, j;
Are Added To
News Sport Staff
Two New Membe
! With two new additions to
; NEWS sports staff. Newton r
ty fans will .be given *
of a better
sporting events of interejt
the future,
j j better The addition known of Don Brumtd
j as "Ducky”, w*] J
j more punch to the page. as
well acquainted with the d
writing business. j
Another new member of
j Columbus. staff will be William SessioJ
Sessions, known as “Bull’’
be the Bibb correspondent for
and Columbus,
Any suggestions will )* ,
corned by the new staff.
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legs and produce litters of „
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potatoes. All these troubles
usually due to a lack of mJ
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