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Newton Rams Down Stubborn Toccoa 6 to 0;
Elberton Here in Homecoming Game Friday
By 808 GREER
Newton County's Rams threw
lip a stiff defense, aided by a
good passing and running game
et Toccoa Friday for a 6-0 victory ।
as the team won its second game
of the season. The Rams will
meet Elberton here Friday in a
Homecoming attraction.
Battling the clock in the wan
ing minutes of the first half.,
Coach James Rogers’ boys shoved
over the lone touchdown of the I
encounter at Toccoa with five
seconds to play before intermis
sion. A pars from Johnny Carter
to End Don Patterson did the
trick fronvthe two-yard line on
fourth down
The Rama had the ball on their
own 34-yrfd stripe with approx
mately four minutes to play in
the secondTperiod. A 21-yard pass ,
to Don -Patterson placed the
pigskin ow the Toccoa 45-yard
marker. BTjJnt Patterson hit the
'•ne for eight yards and then
Johnny Carter flipped two in
■omplete aerials. On fourth down
Carter passed to End Joe Sharp,
vho in turn lateraled to Blunt
’’atterson and the fullback went
to the Toccoa 17 before he was
downed.
With a minute and a half left
n the half. BJunt Pattrson hit
he line for three yards and Wil
iam Moore; a freshman starting
iis first game at left half, lug
,ed the leather to the Toccoa six
.or a first down and goal to go.
Carter called on Bobby Gene
Rogers and he made three yards
to the three. An incomplete pass
nd Blunt Patterson's plunge to
‘he two set up the payoff play,
arter then passed to Don Patter
on for the TD. Patterson went
tp into the air with the Toccoa
’efender and came down with
he ball for the margin of vic
tory.
The fourth quarter was a hair
aising affair with the Rams’
aving their back to the wall in
he final minutes of the game.
Toccoa took the ball on their
wn 39 with two minutes to
day. Curt Williams passed to
r irgil Reed to put -the ball on
he Newton 47. Williams then
■ arried to the 4) and on the next
lay passed to Reed to the New
on County 23. On the last play
f the game the Toccoans com
■leted another pass to the 15.
Coach Rogers had high praise
tor his boys, especially the fine
efensive game they played,
'nly last week Toccoa had scored
'2 points on mighty Gainesville,
""he shutout was the first in
"licted on the Toccoans this year. *
The Rams'played the game with
• ut the services of their principal
round-gajffer in the five pre- '
■ ious games of the 1954 season,
tohn (Salty} Prince.
Newton County will meet El
’ erton on the home field Friday
n the 1954 Homecoming tilt. El
>erton is currently 3-1 in Region
A (East) with the Rams a game
behind with 2-1. If the Rams
win they will take over third
pot in the region standings.
Starting Linoupc
”os. Nawton (6) Toccoa (0}
.E—Savage McAloney
LT—Smith Tabor
LG—Hogan DeFoor, L.
C—Digby' * Stewart
RG—McCullough Cook
RT—Fisher DeFoor, W.
RE—Patterson, D. Garland
QB—Carter Whitworth
LH—Moore, W. Reed
RH—Rogers Pulliam
V B—Patterson. B. Williams
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THE SCORE COUNTS
Newton Co. (6) Toccoa (0)
6 First Downs 12
99 Yards Rushing 150
i 46 Yards Passing 36
I 7 Passes Atteuip. 15
4 Passes Comp. 5
I Passes Intercepted by 0
; 40.1 Punting Avg. 25
1 Fumbles Lost by 0
35 Penalized 5
GAME NOTES—
A mix-up in time remaining
in the game developed when
the electric clock operator Frank
Eberhart, inadvertently started
the clock after a penalty was as
sessed against Newton for delay
of the game. The officals ad
vised the Rams’ coaches that the
game would have to go on for
t 30 seconds more than the clock
showed. However, the clock op-,
erator made the time up by not j
starting the timer on two pass
> plays.
The Rams have a boy—Fresh
man William Moore—who may
develop into one of the best
runners the team has had
in many years. He started at left
halfback and showed his metal
in the drive for Newton’s only
TD. He made eight valuable yards
on an end run to place the ball
on the six-yard line of Toccoa.
Blunt Patterson, shifting from
halfback to fullback ran like a
freight train and on one play in I
the first quarter may have gone
all the way from his own. 24
had not the umpi’-e been in his
way. However, he made 23 yards’
on the play.
Interspersed in the 66-yard I
drive the Rams staged to score
were three passes to End Don
Patterson for 21, 3 and 2 yards.
On the scoring play he literally
took the ball out of the Toccoa
halfbacks arms high in the air.
After the first quarter Coach
Rogers’ boys solved the end runs
of Toccoa. Particularly notice
able was the fine game played
by End Joe Sharp. He made
several tackles by weeding out
the interference and getting the
ball-carrier.
The “bread and butter" play
for Newton was called in the
second quarter when they had
fourth down and two yards to
go on the Toccoa 37. Johnny
Carter shot a pass over the line
to Joe Sharp, who in turn later
aled to Blunt Patterson who went
to the 17. This was, no doubt,
the key play in the drive as the
clock showed one minute and five ।
seconds left.
Newton County, playing their
first 1954 game against a single
wing team, used a shifting de
fense to stop the line plays. Six
and seven-man lines did the
trick.
One lady from Covington was
heard to remark after the game.
“It was sure worth coming 106
miles to see.” It was just that
kind of a game especially after
Toccoa came very near scoring
in the last minute of play.
Halftime ceremonies featured
the bands from Newton County
and Toccoa. It was Toccoa's
Homecoming and thev presented
a play-back of the 1929 Home
coming crowning of the queen.
The queen rode onto the field
in a Model A Ford and the 12-
Newton High
Player of the Week
LINEMEN:
Our choices this week for out
standing performances in the
Newton line go to Lamar Smith
and Joe Sharp. Each played his
position weil, helping to stop
the single wing thrusts of the
Toccoa backs. Smith’s specialty
was covering punts as he racked
up the ball-carrier deep in Toc
coa territory on two occasions.
Sharp was especially adept at
stopping end runs and was the
middle man on the Rams’ most
vital gain of the night, a 20-yard
pass play to the Toccoa 17.
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BACKS:
We are naming two backs for
piece band played appropriate
music.
The 1954 queen and her court
were presented in an entirely
different setting with two shin
ing new Buicks and the school’s
50-piece band.
Someone remarked that New
ton could only beat the teams
they failed to beat last year
(Hartwell and Toccoa). Maybe
they will change that this week
with a win over Elberton.
OBSERVATIONS—
Can you imagine a high school
team being penalized 100 yards
in a game? Well, it happened
to Monroe last week when they
played Campbell (Fairburn) as
they lost 37-19. Campbell was'
penalized 30 yards.
New’ton County ran 48 plays
to Toccoa s 58 in the game.
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Blunt Patterson was the main
ground gainer for the Rams with
47 yards in seven carries. That’s
almost seven yards per try. .
Joe Sharp had the most tackles I
in the game for the Newton I
team — nine.
The one big factor in the tri
umph was the kicking of Johnny
Carter. On his 7 kicks he aver
aged 40.1 yds. which is good
for a high school punter. His
boots kept the Toccoa team at
bay until the final minutes of
the game.
Delegates Attend
Conference on
Delinquency
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Dennis and
Miss Clara Mae Hays attended
a panel discussion on Juvenile
Delinquency at the Russell Aud
itorium on the campus of the
Georgia State College for Wom
en recently. The meetink was
sponsored by the Parent-Teach
ers Associations of Milledgeville
and the surrrounding Communi
ties.
Superior Court Judge Carpent
er. W. W. Woolfolk, of the Juv
enile Court of Fulton County and
Mr. Parham, probation officer
in Fulton County, formed the
panel.
Judge Woolfolk stated that
there are two distinct categories
to the baffling problem of juv
enile delinquency. One is the
prevention and the other is the
treatment and rehabilitation. All
communities must face the prob
lem of prevention through the
combined efforts of home, church,
school, and those in charge of
recreation and youth organiza
tions.
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their work this week inasmuch
as each was instrumental in scor
ing the TD that won the game.
Quarterback Johnny Carter aqd
Fullback Blunt Patterson con
tributed no little to the victory.
Carter completed 4 passes in the
66-yard drive and kept the op
ponent guessing with his mix
ture of ground-air game. Patter
son was a threat every time he
carried the ball as he averaged
almost seven yards per try for
seven carries. Carter's punting
kept the Toccoa team at bay with
kicks of 35, 36, 40, 39, 39. 50,
and 42 yards.
Christmas Seal
Sale Committee
Make Plans
W. D Ballard, chairman of
the Newton County Tuberculosis
Association, called the first meet
ing of the group this week to
formulate plans for launching
of the Christmas Seal Sale slat
ed for the latter part of Novem
ber.
A. K. Merriam, field represen
tative of the Georgia Tubercu
losis Association, met with the
committee, consisting of W. D.
Ballard, chairman; Miss Marge
Hooten, secretary and treasurer;
Dr. Goodwin G. Tuck, Mesdames
E. H. Rheberg and Leo Mallard,
and Mrs. L. M. Masten, Execu
tive Secretary of Newton County
Red Cross, to aid in plans for
the 1954 Christmas Seal Sale.
Despite the fact that tuber
culosis, one of the nation’s num
ber one killers, could be elimin
ated entirely, the staggering
sume of $350,000,000 is spent
annually in actual cash in treat
ment and care of patients and
their families, to say nothing of
the loss of patients’ productive
capacity and possible earning
power, Mr. Merrian pointed out.
According to information from
the National Tuberculosis Asso
ciation, the strongest weapon
county associations can use a
gainst the killer is its prevention,
through intensive programs of
health education, periodic tuber
cular clinics, and otheg means,
all of which are supported by
the Christmas Seals sales.
Mr. Ballard announced that
the local American Legion Auxil
iray will sponsor the Newton
County seals sale this year.
Newton High FHA
Observes Nat'l
Week October 31
BY FLORA WELLSi
REPORTER
National F. H. ’A. Week will
be observed by the Newton High
F. H. A. October 31 through
November 6. Sunday will be Na
tional Church Day for all the
F. H. A. girls and Tuesday ,we
will have a radio program at 4:30
at the local station, WGFS.
Each of the girls will do a good
deed Thursday. This is our Red
Letter Year in membership. Our
local chapter has 69 members.
accompanied by new frames, new suspensions,
new operating devices and new power. With the
optional -Powcrjlide or overdrive and new VS
engine phis two six-cylinder engines, n customer
has a choice of six “power packapes.” The Bel Air
t-door sedan is pictured above.
Covington Boy
Member Unbeaten
Wofford Team
; Covington is represented on one
of the few undefeated football
teams in the nation—Wofford
College, Spartanburg, South Car
olina. The young man is Bobby
Capes, who played his football
at Newton County High in 1950
and 1951.
Performing regularlv at a
I tackle position on the Terriers.
.' Bobby weighs 195 pounds and
■ was recommended to Phil Dick
’ ens, then coach at Wofford (1952)
by Coach Earl Hoffmeister of
! the Newton Rams staff. Hoff
meister played his college foot
ball at the University of Ten
nessee and Wofford.
Capes, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Z. Capes of near Coving
ton, is now under the wing of
Coach Conley Snidow. Dickens
moved up to Wyoming at the
start of the 1953 season.
Wofford’s record .this year in
cludes victories over Catawba
. (33-19), Alabama State (33-0),
Guilford (34-20), Newberry (28-
7), Presbyterian (19-13), and last
week’s triumph over Stetson
University of Florida 41-0.
Capes was outstanding as a
lineman for the Rams. Entering
Wofford in 1952 he has made two
*letters as a varsity performer.
The team is a definite prospect
for a bowl bid to either the Tan
gerine Bowl in Orlando, Fla.,
or the Cigar Bowl, in Tampa.
Officials Are
Human, After All!
A job where a fellow catches
a lot of criticism and never anv
praise is that of a football official.
. Nowadays moving pictures of
the games are taken and when
the film is run over and over
again the coaches can find a
lot of infractions of the rules
that weren't called in the game.
Not many years ago Cornell
was permitted five downs instead
of the usual four and scored the
“winning touchdown” on that
extra down. When the pictures
showed that the down was the
margin of victory for Cornell,
they refused the gift and Dart
mouth was declared the eventful
winner.
One play in a game may cost
a team a victory. Only last week
a controversial play took place
on the goal line in the game be
tween Southern California and
California which the former won
29-27. A lineman for Southern
Cal was detected holding by an
official who said it happened
after a TD was scored. The pic
tures showed the TD . had not
been scored when the infraction
took place.
Auburn wanted to howl ‘ Rob
ber” when they thought they
scored a touchdown in the Geor
gia Tech game only to fumble
as their ball-carrier crossed the
goal line. It was certainly a close
play and the official ruling on
the play had to make a snap
decision'. If the player was down
before he fumbled then the TD
should have been allowed.
A situation presented itself in
the Newton County-Toccoa game
last Friday night. The electric
clock operator allowed tiime to
run when it was supposed to
have been stopped. The officals
in the game agreed to let the
time run over in order to make
up some 30 seconds. They then
decided not to and just didn't
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turn on the clock on two at
tempted passes. There is noth
i ing in the rule book that says
i time may be extended in a
' game. Anyhow it didn’t affect
the outcome of the game.
I m sure many of you football
fans have seen a coach on the
sidelines “having a fit” in order
to get an official’s attention to
challenge his judgment or rul
ing on a play. Well, we heard
of one coach who really had a
, legimite gripe. With first down
I and ten the opposing team was
penalized five yards on two suc
cessive plays for being offsides.
The officials called for a measure
ment and it lacked a few inches
for the first down. That was one
coach who pulled his hair!
hem> Os iMwMt From
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By MRS. DOUGLAS YANCEY
The George Ramseys and Mr.
and Mrs. Slade Ellington are now
at Carrabelle, Florida, deep sea
fishing.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonord Standard
and children spent Sunday in
the mountains of North Georgia
and in North Carlonia.
Mrs. Fannie Doyle, Mrs. J. B
Edge and children, Alec and
Ricky, all of Conyers, Thomas
Doyle of Chattanooga, Tenn., were
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas
Yancey on Monday afternoon.
Recent supper guest of Mrs.
Florence Loyd and her daughters.
Misses Ruth and Christine Loyd
were Rev. and Mrs. Trevor Turn
er and son Steve, Rev. Carol Mc-
Grady and Mrs. Alice McGrady
on Friday night.
Other visitors at the home of
Mrs. Lord and daughters have
been Brs. P. J. Farrison, Mrs.
Jim Gardner, Mrs. George Wat
son, Mrs. J. M. Hollingsworth and
Mrs. Susie Martin on Tuesday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack McGiboney
of Beaufort, S. C., spent last
weekend with their parents, Mrs.
McGiboney’s father Alton John
son, has recently undergone sur
gery at Porterdale Hospital and is
now resting nicely at his home.
Recent guests of Mrs. Vallie 1
Chambers have been Mr. and
Mrs. Preston Chambers of At
lanta, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Cham.-
bers and children of Covington
and Mrs. Lorene Chambers of
Porterdale.
Friends of Mrs. Annie L. Ham
monds and daughter Jordye are
hap^y to learn that Jordye has
returned home from Emory Hos
pital where she underwent sur
gery and is now ding nicely.
The Senior M. Y. F. of Salem
Church went to Starrsville last
Sunday night for a special pro
gram at Starrsville Methodist
Church.
I Mrs. J. F. Burns has been elect
ed president of th Newton County
Home Demonstration Council.
Mrs. Hoyt Bailey of Salem Com
munity is now serving her second
iyear as treasurer of the council.
Mrs. J. F. Burns, Mr. and Mrs.
O. E. White and George joined
Mr. and Ms. Joel Burs of De
catur and enjoyed a da/ in the
North Ga. Mountains lest week.
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Mrs. Joe Burch, Mrs. Inis and
Miss Sally Ann Buckalew of
Porterdale and Rev. and Mrs.
Trevor Turner and Steve were
guests last Saturday night of Mr.
and Mrs. Douglas Yancey.
Mrs. G. W. Ramsey and Mrs.
Aaron Kemp and children sepnt
last Friday afternoon visiting
Mrs. Douglas Robertson and Miss
Ann Ramsey in Decatur.
Mr and Mrs. J. F. Jaynes were
called to Moultrie last Tuesday
on account of the death of an
uncle.
Mr. and Mrs. Manson Miller,
Mary Alice and Mrs. Joe Miller
spent Sunday near McDonough
with their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. L. Miller.
Mrs. Annie Ratcliffe's friends
are glad she is improveing from
a recent illness.
A change has been make in
the Georgia emergency hay pro
gram to permit farmers to buv
all the hay they think they will
Georgia 98 Points
Better Than lllini?
According to camparative
scores the Georgia Bulldogr are
doped to beat UCLA, number two
team in the Associated Press poll
last week, by 16 points; Stanford
University by 88 points and the
University of Illinois by 101
joints. Whacky, isn't it’
Well, here are the scores:
Georgia beat North Carolina 21-
7; North Carolina beat Wake
Forest 14-7; Wake Forest tied
Maryland 13-13; Maryland lost to
UCLA 12-7; UCLA beat Stan
ford 72-0; Stanford beat Illinois
12-2.
I’m in favor of Georgia play
ing more intersectional games,
especially with the Big Ten and
the Pacific Coast Conference.
Cub Pack 58 Has
Skits at Meet
Pack 58. Cub Scouts of Cov
ington .held their regular pack
nyeeting at the Legion Hall Mon
day night. Willie Campbell, Loyd
Alexander and Donald Stepnhen
son were in charge, with the
pledge to the Flag opening the
services .
Short skits were presented by
members of each Den. Boys from
Den 1 sang the song, “There are
Flags”; then fathers of the boys
competed with them to sing the
same song with words changed
to “There are Boys.”
Den 4 gave a short skit on
safety in the forests and with
camp fires, showing precautions
to take with matches, fires and
cigarettes in the woods.
Den 2 presented a square dance
with four of their eight mem
bers dressed as girls.
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World Traveler,
Evangelist Here
Miss Ana McGhie, for many
years a traveling evangelist and
missionary of the Methodist
Church, will be the guest speaker
during the weekend Revival Ser
vices at the Wesleyan Methodist
Church. Miss McGhie traveled
around the world three times on
preaching missions. Among her
many place of visitation is the
Holy Land.
The public is invited to attend
the services which begin Thurs
day night at 7:30 This series of
services closes Sunday night.
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Homecoming Tilts
Can Be Disastrous
Maybe the Newton County
Rams can disregard the practice
this year that is rampant over
the land and come through with
a victory Friday night over El
berton in the NCHS Homecoming
game.
Last week the Rams spoiled
the homecoming at Toccoa; Ken
tucky spoiled the homecoming
at Georgia Tech; Mississippi State
spoiled Alabama's homecoming,
Georgia Spoiled North Carolina's
homecoming, just to name a few.
We are inclined think that
these teams were pressing too
much and therefore were victims
of teams who were ready for ■
victory.
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