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Newton Rams
Called "No Really
Tough Foe"
Tuesday afternoon the Atlanta
Journal featured a write-up on
the possibility of the champion
ship of Region 4-A (East) being
between two teams — namely,
Gainesville and Athens, both fu
ture opponents of the Rams.
Under the by-line of Dudley
Martin, staff writer for the Jour
nal, the articel said " . . both are
unbeaten within the family • . .[
Gainesville has an open date ;
before the Athens game and MO
REALLY TOUGH FOE IN BE
TWEEN It could be North Geor
gia’s elass game-of-the-year
The date is Nov. 5 in Gaines
ville.”
Well it so happens that New
ton County plays both teams —
Gainesville here Friday night
and Athens at Athens on Nov
ember 19. Maybe the local boys
will throw a monkey-wrench in
the little party foreseen by the
Journal writer.
Newton Countv can win the
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Region 4-A (East) champion
ship as it now stands. Our boys
have won one game within the
Region and so has Gainesville
and Athens. Games played out
side the Region do not determine
the team in the playoffs for the
championships.
Nothing would please yours
truly better than to see the New
ton County Rams go the rest
of the way undefeated. They can.
if they make up their minds to
do so.
Remote Possibility
Os Cracker TV
Next Year
In a recent Atlanta Cracker
News Letter it is intimated that
there may be no Television of
the Cracker home games next
season.
The release says, 'it took a
Dixie Series and complete free
dom from live television and
radio to bring baseball back to
Pone de Leon Park in pre-war
style (Two weeks ago). . . . The
- four games drew 42,065 paid.
> The largest* draw was on the
* final night when the count was
! tied at 3 games all and 13.293
came in. It is likely that larger
i parking facilities would have
- attraacted an even larger crowd.
It suggests that live television
> and perhaps radio definitely cut
crowds at baseball gabies, at
1 least in this area.”
According to the News Letter
' the turnstiles must click and to
; do that radio and television must
. be curtailed. This, in our opinion
may be true. But there is still no
remedy for a good team, one that
is in the thick of the pennant
; fight to draw the fans to the
j ballpark.
Hero Almost
Forgotten
On Last Day
Dusty Rhodes, the man with
the big bat who won the first
three games of the World Series
was almost lost in the shuffle
in the club house of the Giants,
after the fourth game of the
; Series
As always the usual yelling.
| patting each other on the back,
; etc., was evident in the dressing
room of the champions. Frankie
j Frisch, one-time National League
; batting king, but now a pathetic
1 figure with a microphone, inter
i viewed all the “big shots” in the
room — Durocher, Monte Irvin,
। Ford Frick, Horace Stoneham,
I owner of the Giants. He never
j asked for Rhodes who, accord
i ing to New York sports writer
i Red Smith said, “For a man
. (Durocher) married to an actress,
i keeping Rhodes on the bench
I (in the fourth game) was an out
; rageous piece of disrespect for
j the theatrical varieties. For such
। behavior, the Giants deserved
i to lose, but there was nobody in
! the joint to give them their come
uppance.”
We are prone to believe that
because Rhodes was a Southern
boy (Matthews, Ala.) Durocher
I turned to the Negro Irvin for
the starting position in the Se
ries. Surely after Rhodes had
won the first two games with
three for three he should have
been permitted to start a game
I — the dream of all ball players: ;
starting a World Series game. !
Then too, Durocher is cagey'
, and not one to jeopardize his
। position as manager. Therefore
he probably had an eye on the
i Negro patrons of the Giants.
After all, it wouldn’t be easy
j for an ex-manager to start find
| ing a job that pays about $50,-
000 per year.
Well, the series is history now.
i and may we make just one part
, ing shot. The Indians were aptly
i named because they played like
Indians — Wooden, that is.
Observations
SMU, Georgia Tech's foe last
week, has four bands at the
university — one for football, one
। for basketball games, one sym
; phony band, and a ROTC band.
Navy scored five touchdowns
j in the final eight minutes of their
I game with Dartmouth last Sat
urday.
Don Diddle, winner of the
fourth game of the Wo”ld Series
for the New York Giants, will
be remembered in Georgia as a
member of the Crackers in 1950.
It was a coincidence that the
two opposing stars of the SMU-
Tech game Saturday night should
be from the same home-town —
Nashville, Tenn. They were Don
Mcllhenny and George Volkert.
Famous names were prevalent
on the roster of the Hartwell
High School football team Fri
day night — Larry Morris (same
as Tech All-American), Wayne
King (orchestra leader), Ed
Crump (Memphis politico), John
Temple (Shirley’s brother).
The man who designed the
mask for Frank Sinkwich’s brok
en jaw in the 1942 season, trainer
Thomas Lutz died of a heart
attack Monday at the Univer
sity of North Carolina. Lutz was
trainer for the Bulldogs for many
years during the war.
Ever hear of a coach being dis
satisfied with a 72-0 victory?
Well, they say that Gloomy Gil
Dobie was just that when he
coached Washington State in the
early 1900’s. The game was
against the Uniiversity of Cali
fornia and it is said that Dobie
ordered his squad to the playing
field immediately after the game
to run 20 laps.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
Rams-Hartwell
Game Notes
Special commendation should
be passed on to Quarterback
Johnny Carter for his excellent
selection of plays in the Hartwell
triumph. Johnny really mixed
'em up with his off-tackle plays,
। passes, end runs, pitch-outs and
center plays. Os the five passes
he threw he should have had
four completions. Over-anxious
receivers dropped two of the
aerials.
Immediately before the game
: started a Color Guard and Color
bearer of the Newton County
National Guard unit marched to
the center of the filed and the
i band played Our National An
them. In the four games the
Rams have played this year this
was the first time that the colors
and the Star Spangled Banner
had been evident.
Believe it or not, Hartwell
ran 56 plays to Newton’s 43 in
the game.
Newton’s crack band perform
ed at halftime and drew a thund
erous ovation when they faced
the home stands and the major
ettes and mascot were introduced
individually. Little Kathy Calla
way. the mascot performed a
cart-wheel when introduced.
About 2000 fans were on hand
for the game and many found it
impossible to get a seat. The
players apparently appreciated
the large crowd as they didn’t
let the faithful down. It seems
it took a victory for everyone
to go home happy.
Don Patterson, after scoring
the second TD on a pass, made
a miraculous catch of another
aerial in the fourth period.
Key plays in the first score
for Newton must be attributed
to Thomas Hogan for recovering
that fumble on the 40. and Blunt
Patterson’s 16-yard run on fourth
down to make it first and goal
to go on the ten.
The first blocked punt of the
season by the Newton Rams went
for naught in the second period
of the Hartwell game. At least
three of the Rams’ linemen were
in on the punter, but Newton
drew an offside penalty and the
visitors got the punt off.
Hartwell should be referred
to this year and henceforth as
Hart County High School. This
year the schools of the county
were consolidated.
Gainesville had a scout at the
game and he went away with
dozens of pages of information
for his head coach.
Gainesville has the leading
ground gainer in all Region 4A
in Ronald Judson. He has per
sonally accounted for 150 yards
and more in each game they
have played this year. In one
game alone he ran and received
passes for 494 yards. If he just
has a- ‘‘fair night” against the
Newton Rams, Coach Rogers
boys will be in for a rough time
Newton County upset the ex
perts on the Atlanta Constitu
tion and the Atlanta Journal,
both papers picking the Hartwell
team to win.
Beginning Band
Starts at Palmer
Stone in Oxford
Plans for a county-wide Junior
High School Band were put into
operation last Wednesday night
at Palmer-Stone School in Ox
ford last Wednesday evening
when a representative of the
Rutan Music Company was on
hand to furnish prospective band
members with instruments. In all
about 21 new students reported
for their first rehearsal Monday.
This group, it is hoped, will be the
first of a county-wide band which
will include Palmer Stone, Port
erdaleMansfield, Covington Jun
ior High Heard-Mixon and Liv
ingston.
Individual work with the stu
dents will be done in school and
full band rehearsals will be ar
ranged at the Teen-Can one or
two evenings a week. It is hoped
that a full sized elementary band
will be on hand in the spring
when they will be entered in the
fifth regional festival.
NEWTON COUNTY RAMS VS
GAINESVILLE HERE FRIDAY
Rams Down Hartwell, 12-0;
Gainesville Here Friday Night
By 808 GREER
Newton County’s Rams playing
their best game of the 1954 sea
son downed a stubborn Hartwell
eleven here Friday night by the
score of 12-0. The next foe of
the Rams will be Gainesville
here Friday night.
The Rams outplayed their
rivals all during the game after
Guard Thomas Hogan recoverad
a Hartwell fumble on the second
play of the encounter on the op
ponent’s 40-yard stripe. In eight
plays Coach James Rogers’ boys
had a touchdown.
On Newton’s first offensive
play Salty Prince went down the
middle for 15-yards and a first
down on the 25. Prince then lost
four and on the next play made
nine. Johnny Carter was thrown
for a six-yard loss on the follow
ing play. With the Rams having
fourth down and 11-yards to go
for a first down Blunt Patterson
bulled his way to the 10-yard,
marker. On two thrusts Buddy
Galloway made four yards, and
it was third down and six to go
for a score.
The pay-off play was on an
end run by Prince after taking
a pitch-out from Carter. Gallo
way’s faking through the middle
of the line caught the Hartwell
defense in close and Prince went
over the double stripes standing
up. Hogan’s try for the PAT
was low.
In the second period Hartwell
started a sustained drive from
their own 39. A John Temple
pass to End Earl Lavender put
the ball on the Newton 17-yard
mark. Three thrusts at the Rams
line netted the visitors seven
yards. On a fourth down pass
Salty Prince plucked the ball
out of the air and raced to the
24 before he was downed.
At the start of the fourth pe
riod Newton had a first down
on the Hartwell 40. Carter made
one at center. The Newton field
general then faked a hand-off in
the center of the line and passed
to End Don Patterson on the
Hartwell 30. Patterson made an
over-the-shoulder catch and ran
the remaining 30-yards for the
TD. Blunt Patterson’s try for the
point was wide.
Hartwell took the ensuing
kick-off and combined running
plays and passes to advance the
ball to the Newton six-yard line.
Here the superior line play of
the Rams showed itself and the
locals took over after three line
smashes and an incomplete pass.
Coach Rogers substituted in
the latter part of the game hav
ing a complete new team in the
game as the Newton boys had
the ball on the Hartwell 25-yard
stripe when the game ended.
Ronnie Moore and Woody Mor
cock reeled off four and 11 yards
on the last two plays of the game
with Larry Laster quarterback
ing the team.
Standout performances were
turned in by Wilbur Fisher, Leo
Mallard. Lamar Smith, Thomas
Hogan and W. L. Knight in the
forward wall; Salty Prince, Blunt
Patterson, Buddy Galloway and
Ed Walden in the defensive back
field, held the Hartwell team to
only 64 yards on the ground and
56 yards by air.
The victory was Newton’s first
win of the season after three
straight losses to strong clubs
on the road. Gainesville will be
the supreme test of the Rams
Friday night on the local field.
The visitors have a record of
four wins and only one loss. ’Diey
are spearheaded by Ronald Jud
son. one of the most spectacular
ball-carriers in Region 4-A. Even
■in the game hi? team lost last
week Judson rambled 55 yards
for one of the TDs. In the 7-6
triumph over Monroe two weeks
ago he caught the pass that net
ted the victory.
If the Newton line can come
through with its third straight
stellar game and the backs throw
up a good pass defense Coach
Rogers’ boys may make it victory
number two for the season.
LINE-UPS:
Newton County —
ENDS: D. Patterson. Knight,
Sharp.. Savage, Wheeler.
TACKLES: Smith, Fisher, Tur
ner. Capes,.
GUARDS: Hogan. McCullough.
Stewart, Milligan.
CENTERS: Digbv, Mallard.
QUARTERBACKS: Carter,
Rogers, Laster.
HALFBACKS: B. Patterson.
Prince, R. Moore, Morcock, W.
Moore.
FULLBACKS: Galloway, Wal
den, Parker.
Hartwell —
ENDS: Lavender, Whitfield,
Wilkerson, White.
TACKLES: Bradford. Kay.
Cole, Cordell.
GUARDS: Anderson, Brown.
L. Morris.
CENTER: J. Morris.
QUARTERBACKS: Temple, G
Bailev.
HALFBACKS: Crump, Gor.
Bailey, King.
FULLBACKS: Ayers, W. King
(Largest Coverage Any Weekly In Th* SfaM ' ' Thursday. October 7, 1954 •
Score by periods:
Newton County 6 0 0 6—12
Hartwell 0 0 0 0 0
THEY’RE OUR BOYS
Newton (12) Hartwell (0)
7 First Downs 6|
142 Rushing Yardage 64
72 Passing Yardage 56
214 Total Yardage ' 120
5 Passes Attemp. 8
2 Passes Comp. 3
25 Penalized 5
Guardsmen Color
Guard at Local
Football Games
Lt. Johnnie H. Steele, public
information officer for the New
ton County units of the Georgia
National Guard, announced this
week that the local National
Guard units will furnish a color
guard and color bearaer at all
of the Newton County High
| School football games on the
। home field this season.
The Guardsmen will participate
in pre-game ceremonies. Members
taking part will be Sgt. First
Class William Dawkins, Sgj.
James Brooks and Pvt. Billy
Addington from the Heavy Mor
. tar Company and Sgt. James H.
I Daniel of the First Battalion
' Medical Platoon.
I
Turner Sullivan
On Southern Tech
Institute Staff
Turner Marvin Sullivan has
i accepted a teaching position at. the
Southern Techincal Institute in
Chajnblee, Georgia. Southern’s
Tech’s administration has an
nounced. Sullivan, who was born
iin Royston, Georgia, attended
high school at Jackson Georgia.
He later attended Richmond Aca
•demy in Augusta, Georgia. He
was inducted into the Navy in
i Covington.
Sullivan received his Bachelor
of Science degree in mathematics
from the University of Georgia
in 1941 and the Bachelor of Busi
ness Administration from the Uni
versity of Georgia, Atlanta Divi
sion, in 1954. His industrial ex
perience includes five, years as a
service representative in refriera
tion. He is a member of the Meth
odist Church.
Sullivan lived in Douglasville
prior to World War 11. He and
his wife now reside at 1005 North
Highland Avenue, Atlanta. He
will teach mathematics and phy
sics at Southern Tech, the tech
nical institute division of Georgia
Tech.
Newton’s Rams will play their .
second Region 4-A foe here Fri
day night against Gainesville.
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Player of the Week
BACKS:
Instead of naming one back
as the player of the week, we
named .two this week. They are
the halfbacks, Blunt Patterson
and Salty Prince. Patterson car
ried the ball six times for a total
of 36 yards; while Prince made
67 yards in 12 tries. Their de
fensive play was also great. These
boys could be referred to this
week tor their fine play as the
Golddust Twins.
LINEMEN:
We had to name three line
men for their outstanding play I
in the Hartwell game Friday |
night. They are Lamar Smith, |
Leo Mallard and Wilbur Fisher.
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Each made critical tackles when
they were needed most. When
Hartwell advanced to the shad
ows of the Newton goal in the
fourth period Smith and Fisher
racked up the ball carrier at the
line of scrimmage on two plays
for no gain. Mallard started off
the game by making three of
the first four tackles chalked
up by the Rams.
Ten percent more cattle were
slaughtered in the first six
months of 1954 than during the
same period last year. Cow and
heifer slaughter was 31 percent
greater. Slaughter of steers wai
down slightly.